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The document is signed by Sheriff Ashfield and attested by Judge Sam Lynde. It provides a granular view of the financial burdens imposed on prisoners and the administrative procedures of the colonial court system.
@file_pinax -> documents -> @mansfield_bill_of_costs_collection:collection {title: "Mansfield Bill of Costs Collection, 1754", creator: [@samson_ashfield], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created: @date_1754, language: "en", subjects: ["Indigenous people", "Criminals", "Jail costs", "Legal expenses", "New Haven County"], description: "A collection of documents detailing the costs associated with the imprisonment and legal proceedings of Indigenous criminals and Sanford in New Haven County, Connecticut, in 1754.", place: @new_haven_county_connecticut}
@samson_ashfield:person {full_name: "Samson Ashfield", role: "Sheriff of New Haven County", active_year: @date_1754}
@connecticut_state_library:organization {type: "State library", location: @connecticut}
@new_haven_county_connecticut:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_costs_mansfieldbillofcosts_001_jpg -> depicts -> @mansion_bill_of_costs_page_001:document {type: "Bill of Costs", date: @date_1754, content_summary: "Charges against Indigenous criminals and Sanford, including fees for receiving into jail, virtualing, wood, blacksmith services, Grand Jury appearance, and execution.", related_to: [@indigenous_criminals, @sanford]}
@indigenous_criminals:concept {description: "Indigenous individuals charged with crimes in New Haven County in 1754"}
@sanford:person {role: "Defendant", charges: ["Receiving into jail", "Virtualing", "Wood provision", "Blacksmith services", "Grand Jury appearance", "Execution"]}
@mansion_bill_of_costs_page_001 -> signed by -> @samson_ashfield
@new_haven_superior_court:organization {type: "Superior Court", jurisdiction: @new_haven_county_connecticut}
@samson_ashfield -> served as -> @new_haven_superior_court {position: "Sheriff"}
@nhsc_baai_project:project {name: "NHSC BAAI Cases Papers", focus: "Black, African American, and Indigenous History", institution: @connecticut_state_library}
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:field {description: "Subject-index field for BAAI cases and papers in New Haven County Superior Court files", project: @nhsc_baai_project}Samson Ashfield Sheriff of N. Haven County Charges against the Indians Criminals To receiving of Indians into Goal - £ 10 0 To virtualing of them from Dec. 2, 1753 to March 2, 1754. 13 weeks at 2/6 3 5 0 To 3 Load Wood 1/6 a blanket 1/ 19 6 To the Blacksmith's bill for putting on & Irons taking off & making a branding iron on - £ 0 7 6 To virtualing Aplbo Indian from March 2, 1753 to May 1st 10 weeks at 2/6 1 5 0 To going with criminals before the Grand Jury 0 7 0 £ 6 8 0 Charges against Sanford To receiving Sanford into Goal - £ 2 0 To virtualing him from from 26th of August 1754 to March 2, 1754, 5 weeks at 2/6 12 6 To 4 meas watching 1 night 8 0 To 1 Load Wood 6/ 6 0 To Sam Plumb's bill for taking Sanford bringing to goal with assistance of 2 men one £ 1 7 4 To doing Execution on Sanford 1 0 0 To keeping Virtualing 1 week 2 6 £ 3 18 4 New Haven S. Supl Court Feb. 1754 The above bills exam. & attested & Sam Lynde one of the judges
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