HCA 13/70 f.312v Annotate

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that they must first bee laden away in cloase lighters before they
can come at the course goods againe to put into open lyters, for
that hee knoweth that it is usuall when a parcell of fine goods come
if the sayd shipps Company bee in hand with ladeing course goods into an open lighter
to put the fine goods betweene decks, and finish the ladeing of the open
lighter with course goods which arise next (the fine goods being soe remobed)
and hee knoweth the Company of the Smirna ffactor did soe before they
had fully unladen their sayd shipp And further to this Interrogatorie hee
cannot answere./.

To the third Interrogatorie hee saith the goods in controversie
wree soe farr as this rendent could and did observe were outwardly well
conditioned and free from damage by wett when they were delivered
out of the shipp Smirna ffactor into the open lighter Interrogate
and beleeveth they were soe And to the rest of the Interrogatorie
hee answereth negatively well knoweing noe words to the effect Interrogated
were spoken, nor any other words but what hee hath predeposed/

To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith hee was intrusted by the sayd mr Mills as
a servant in the lighter where in the damage controverted happened
and is the sayd Mills his servant for weekly wages soe longe as this
rendent and the sayd Mills can agree, and saith hee is not concerned as
hee beleeveth in the damage in question nor shall or ought to suffer blame
therein as hee beleeveth for that hee well knoweth the same happened
after this rendent and the sayd Purse were by the order of the sayd hughs (sic)
his mate dismissed and appointed to come the next morning and after
the sayd hughes (sic) his sayd Mate had told this deponent that hee and the sayd
shipp the Smirna ffactors company would take care of the sayd lighter
till morning and further hee cannot answere/

To the 5th Interrogatorie hee saith hee this rendent and the sayd Purse were the
lighter men intrusted by the sayd Mills with the open lighter
Interrogate but saith they did not deserte the same without leave when the sayd hughes
Company went to lade fine goods into the cloase lyter
for as is predeposed the sayd hudsons (sic) mate first caused the sayd open
lyter to be loosened from the shipp side and vered her downe lower
by the sayd shipp side towards the sterne to make roome for the cloase
lyter and withall the sayd mate told this rendent that there should bee noe more
goods laden aboard the open lighter till the next morning and told
this deponent hee and his company would take care of her till next
morning and willed this rendent and the sayd Purse to go, and come
againe the next morning early, and thereupon this rendent and the sayd
Purse