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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks) 1 1 Browse Search
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lous invectives against our churches and government, was censured to be whipped, lose his ears, and be banished the plantation,--which was presently executed. This sentence, so worthy of Draco, convinces us that some of the early judges in the colony were men who had baptized their passions with the name of holiness, and then felt that they had a right to murder humanity in the name of God. June 5, 1638: John Smyth, of Meadford, for swearing, being penitent, was set in the bilboes. Oct. 4, 1638: Henry Collins is fined five shillings for not appearing when he was called to serve upon the grand jury. Sept. 3, 1639: Nicholas Davison (Mr. Cradock's agent), for swearing an oath, was ordered to pay one pound; which he consented unto. Nov. 14, 1644: The General Court order that all Baptists shall be banished, if they defend their doctrine. Nov. 4, 1646: The General Court decree that the blasphemer shall be put to death. May 26, 1647: Roman Catholic priests and Jesuits are f