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@file_pinax:file {title: "Arrest Warrant and Escape Notice for Mary Coffe Case", type: "Collection", creators: [@joshua_hoggis, @james_wadsworth], institution: @connecticut_state_library, created_start: @date_1719_06_22, created_end: @date_1720, language: "en", subjects: ["Arrest Warrant","Escape Notice","Crime","Murder","Indian","Negro","Servant","New Haven County"], description: "Collection containing an arrest warrant and escape notice related to the case of Mary Coffe, an Indian woman who was murdered. The documents pertain to the arrest of a negro man servant of Mr. Hez Fallcott, who was accused of the murder.", places: [@durham, @new_haven_county]}
@joshua_hoggis:person {role: "Sheriff"}
@james_wadsworth:person {role: "Assistant"}
@william_fox:person {role: "Mentioned in escape notice"}
@hez_fallcott:person {full_name: "Mr. Hez Fallcott"}
@mary_coffe:person {ethnicity: "Indian", role: "Victim"}
@negro_servant:person {description: "Negro man servant of Mr. Hez Fallcott"}
@durham:place {county: @new_haven_county, state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@new_haven_county:place {state: @connecticut, country: @united_states}
@connecticut_state_library:organization {type: "State Library"}
@arrest_warrant:document {type: "Arrest Warrant", case: @mary_coffe, date: @date_1719_06_22, issuer: @joshua_hoggis, signer: @james_wadsworth}
@escape_notice:document {type: "Escape Notice", date: @date_1720, author: @william_fox, subject: @negro_servant}
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_mary_coffe_001_jpg:file {ocr_text: "To the Constable of the Town of Durham in the County of New Haven. Greeting. In his Majesty's name you are hereby required to take into your care, and safely to convey unto the Goal in 1st County Office a negro man, the Servant of Mr. Hez: Fallcott of 1st Durham, which Office hath lately murdered Mary an Indian woman, Servant unto the 1st Mr. Fallcott, as 1st Office hath owned, who you are to deliver unto the keeper of the 1st Goal in the prison, and the 1st prison keeper is hereby in his Majesty's name required to take the 1st Coffee into his custody and him safely keep until His Majesty's Superior Court Shall Sit in 1st County, and then to observe such orders as shall then be given by 1st Court. Laile not. Dated in Durham, June 22nd in the fifth year of her Majesty's Reign. Anno Domini 1719. The 1st Constable is directed to take a man with him for his assistance. Signed pr James Wadsworth Assistant."}
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_mary_coffe_002_jpg:file {ocr_text: "The within mentioned prisoner hath made his escape & cannot be found. Joshua Hoggis sheriff 1720 William Fox Negroes (illegible) who made his escape"}
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@file_pinax -> contains -> @file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_mary_coffe_002_jpg
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_mary_coffe_001_jpg -> depicts -> @arrest_warrant
@file_rg003_nhsc_baai_ps_inquests_mary_coffe_002_jpg -> depicts -> @escape_notice
@negro_servant -> accused_of -> @murder:concept {victim: @mary_coffe}
@hez_fallcott -> employer_of -> @negro_servant
@durham -> located_in -> @new_haven_county
@arrest_warrant -> issued_by -> @joshua_hoggis
@arrest_warrant -> signed_by -> @james_wadsworth
@escape_notice -> authored_by -> @william_fox
@file_pinax -> subject_index -> @nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept
@nhsc_baai_cases_papers_subject:concept {description: "Subject terms for New Haven County Superior Court files involving Black, African American, and Indigenous individuals"}To the Constable of the Town of Durham in the County of New Haven. Greeting. In his Majesty's name you are hereby required to take into your care, and safely to convey unto the Goal in 1st County Office a negro man, the Servant of Mr. Hez: Fallcott of 1st Durham, which Office hath lately murdered Mary an Indian woman, Servant unto the 1st Mr. Fallcott, as 1st Office hath owned, who you are to deliver unto the keeper of the 1st Goal in the prison, and the 1st prison keeper is hereby in his Majesty's name required to take the 1st Coffee into his custody and him safely keep until His Majesty's Superior Court Shall Sit in 1st County, and then to observe such orders as shall then be given by 1st Court. Laile not. Dated in Durham, June 22nd in the fifth year of her Majesty's Reign. Anno Domini 1719. The 1st Constable is directed to take a man with him for his assistance. Signed pr James Wadsworth Assistant.
The within mentioned prisoner hath made his escape & cannot be found. Joshua Hoggis sheriff 1720 William Fox Negroes (illegible) who made his escape
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