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All which hee knoweth because hee was one … All which hee knoweth because hee was one of the company of<br />
the said shipp the ''John'' of Barkeshire the said voyage and came<br />
with the said oiles, ans saw such landing of them by Mr halley<br />
and disposall as aforesaid by him, and going alonge with what<br />
was as aforesaid sent by Mr halley to the sayd Howbart, Cox<br />
Tuck and Stock, hee being a Cooper therein imployed. And<br />
saith that at the time of such comming in and landing of the said<br />
oiles, the same one tonne with another was worth eighteene pounds<br />
sterling per tonne or betwixt eighteene and twenty pounds, which<br />
hee saith was then the market price of the like commoditie, and<br />
knoweth being a Cooper and acquainted with the valew of that<br />
commoditie. And saith that the seaven tonnes of oiles that were<br />
left and undisposed by Mr halley were of the worse sort of the said<br />
oiles for the most part of them, and were not answerable in goodnes<br />
to what was soe disposed of, And that they were left in a warehouse<br />
and subiect to the charge of warehouse hire, which hee alsoe<br />
knoweth because hee hooped and looked to them in point of Cooperage,<br />
and soe tooke notice of their qualities. And otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
John Otley [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
To the first hee saith hee well knoweth the producent Captaine<br />
Thomas and alsoe the defendant Edmund halley, and favoureth them<br />
alike, and otherwise negatively.
To the second hee saith that hee saw and was at the making<br />
of the oiles interrogate, and saith that within the space of a week<br />
or thereabouts after the said landing, the foresaid oiles<br />
disposed of by Mr halley were sent away, and were removed<br />
and sent away by Mr halleys order, but for the moneth or day<br />
of the moneth hee remembreth them not, it being about two<br />
yeeres since as hee remembreth. And otherwise hee referreth<br />
himselfe to his foregoing deposition.
To the third hee saith there were severall tonnes removed and<br />
disposed as aforesaid before any of the said oiles brought home<br />
were put into a warehouse, and then some were put into two<br />
warehouses, and after some of them againe sent away<br />
and disposed by Mr halley, And otherwise hee remembreth not<br />
saving as aforesaid.
To the fourth hee saith hee sawe as aforesaid the oiles carried<br />
to houses (which were said to be the houses of the parties interrogate)<br />
but hee doth not know any of the said parties saving Mr<br />
Stock (or Scot) and otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid<br />
nor well remembreth the time.
To the fifth hee saith that the said oiles that were left were<br />
of severall qualities some of the worser and some of the better<br />
sort, and this deponent pnce saw Captaine Thomas at the<br />
Stillyard gate speaking with Mr halley whilest the masters of the<br />
[?arlate] were there, but some of them were then discharged as aforesaid<br />
And otherwise hee cannot answer saving as aforesaid.
To the 6 hee saith the interrogated Alexander Barfoote went Cooper<br />
the said voyage and this deponent his servant with him, and saith<br />
the oiles after [?loading] were at Mr halleys disposall, and otherwise<br />
hee cannot depose saving Mr Barfoote as Cooper was to looke<br />
to them to see to them being kept from leaking and the like, And<br />
otherwise saving as aforesaid hee cannot depose.
John Otley [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
Repetit [?before] Doctor [?XXXXX]H SIDE]
Repetit [?before] Doctor [?XXXXX] +
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