Fairfax County Court Judgment on A Runaway Slave of George Mason

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Dick a negro man Slave belonging to George Mason Gent. Being brought before the court on the complaint of his Master for running away & it appearing that he stole goods from Several Persons Ordered that he be set in the Pillory and one of his Ears nailed thereto & cutoff & that the sheriff deliver him to a Constable to be conveyed from Constable to Constable til he is returned to his said Master.