| First transcribed
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17 November 2013 +
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| First transcriber
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Colin Greenstreet +
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| Folio
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351 +
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| Parent volume
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HCA 13/72 +
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| Side
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Verso +
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| Status
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Uploaded image; transcribed on 17/11/2013 +
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| Transcription
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hee deposeth of his owne sight and knowled … hee deposeth of his owne sight and knowledge And hee saith hee knoweth that<br />
there were severall pypes of oyle laden aboard the shipp arlate the voyage<br />
arlate for that hee helped to receave divers pipes thereof from aboard her<br />
And saith that hee this deponent seeing severall of the sayd ffifteene chests of [?sugar]<br />
removed from the place where they were stowed knoweth that there appe[?areth]<br />
to bee much water and oyle under them which lay in the same place from [?whence]<br />
they were removed after they were soe removed and when the shipp aforesayd<br />
lay in the River of Thames And hee saith the sayd ffifteene chests of [?sugar]<br />
were all stowed upon the ground tyre abaft the mast and that those sugars that<br />
lay neerest the pumpe were most damnified And further to those articles hee<br />
cannot depose/
To the 6th hee saith that hee being present at the opening of<br />
the fifteene Chests of sugar controverted knoweth that the sugar[?s]<br />
which remayned undamnified in any of them were those that lay in the<br />
uppermost part of the chests and the Covers and upper parts of the chests<br />
remayned drye and well conditioned And further hee cannot depose/
To the 7th hee saith that hee being Cooper as aforesayd and imployed as afore=<br />
sayd knoweth that the sugars aforesayd were in that wett and damnified<br />
condition aforesayd when hee soe viewed the stowage of them And<br />
further hee cannot depose
To the 8th hee saith that hee being present at the opening of the sayd sugars therefore<br />
knoweth that if they had not bin soe damnified as it appeareth they were they<br />
would have produced upon sale more then they did and as hee beleeveth<br />
at least fifty pounds more then they could yeild in such a damnified condition<br />
as they were And further hee cannot depose/
To the 9th hee saith that hee this deponent did in the behalfe of the producent<br />
Mr Bence require the arlate Joseph Careswell to come to view the d[?ennage]<br />
of the sugars in question and told him they were at Chesters Key and knoweth [?XXX]<br />
that the sayd Bence was at a weekes charges extraordinary after the delivery<br />
of the sayd sugars out of the sayd shipp to keepe them to be viewed by the sayd<br />
Careswell And further hee cannot depose./
To the 10th for that hee is not a seaman hee cannot depose thereto/
To the last hee saith his foregeoing deposition is true/
To the Interrogatories/
To the first Interrogatorie hee cometh to be examined by the request of<br />
the producent Mr Bence to whome and the Interrogated Bushell hee is not related otherwise than<br />
that hee is the sayd Bushells Cooper And saith hee first sawe the chests of sugars<br />
in question aboard the ''Oporto Merchant'' in the River of Thames after her returne<br />
from the voyage in question but the certayne day hee remembreth not And further saving<br />
his foregoeing deposition hee cannot depose/
To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith hee saw the sugars in question weighed but remembreth not the [?weight]<br />
of them And saith he was not any of the shipps company And cannot further answere<br />
to this Interrogatorie./
To the 3 Interrogatorie hee saith that hee was on board the ''Oporto Merchant'' while shee<br />
lay in the River of Thames with the sugars in question aboard her and knoweth<br />
they lett wett and that if they had bin better dennaged then they were they had not bin<br />
soe damnified as they were and saith they were all stowed upon the ground tyre And<br />
further being noe seaman hee cannot answere/
To the 4th Interrogatorie hee saith for that hee tasted the sugars in question damnified he [?can]<br />
safely sweare that they were damnified both by oyle and water And further to this Interrogatorie<br />
hee cannot answere/
To the last saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/
Alex ffowler [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]nswere/
Alex ffowler [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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