HCA 13/72 f.257v Annotate

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And further to these articles hee cannot depose./

To the 4th hee saith hee referreth himselfe to the Registry of this Court and
further cannot depose/

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatorie hee saith hee hath knowne the Interrogated Joseph Careswell for these
fower or five yeares last past, but knoweth not whether hee bee an Owner of the
Oporto Merchant nor of what part hee is owner nor hath seene any bill of sale to the
effect Interrogated and further cannot answere/

To the 2 hee cannot answere knowing nothing thereof/

To the 3 hee saith hee saw not any oyles or sugars delivered to the Interrogated
Alexander Bence and therefore cannot answere to this Interrogatorie/

To the 4th hee saith for that hee was none of the Company of the Oporto Merchant
hee cannot answere therto/

To the 5th for the reason aforesayd hee cannot answere/

To the 6th hee saith hee was not of the Company of the Oporto Merchant and
therefore cannot answere thereto./

To the 7th hee saith that part of the shipp where the chest of sugar aforesayd laye
was dennaged with stones and Corke upon them to the quantitie of a foote iust
under the sayd Chest and saith the sayd Chest of sugar was stowed a baft the
mayne mast as alsoe were divers other chests of sugar, and other chests
of sugar were stowed betweene the pumpe and the chest surveyed as aforesayd
And further hee cannot answere/

To the 8th hee cannot answere/

To the 9th hee saith that hee hath bin a Mariner for these thirty yeares last
past and upward, and well knoweth by experience that a tight and strong shipp
being laden may with the stripe of a Sea in a storme though it
were stronge before receave as much or more dammage in her
parts under water then in her masts and other parts above water And
further hee cannot answere/

To the last hee cannot answere knowing nothing thereof./

Repeated with his contest before doctor Godolphin/

John Rich [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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