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       ualew of 3000 l Tob & cask. By an unlawfull dryuing of them, Liber A.

       out of his owne grownd.

        warrt to the Sheriffe, ret. 22 June.

        ffrancis Brooke demandeth of Edw: Cummins 2521 l of

       casked Tob: dew by acct & 50& Tob: more for dammage, for

       non paymt of the sd Tob:

        wart to the Sheriffe ret. Eod.

        Sub pen, to ifran: Lumbard, & Tho: Pett to testify.

        Willm Lunt att the request of Capt Giles Brent, sayth uppon

       his oath, tht there was a Steere betweene one & two yeares

       old, killed by the appoyntmt of Tho: Bradnox att the howse of

       the Tho: Bradnox, as the rest of the howse can testify. But

       whose it was, he knoweth not, & further he sayth nott.

                                      Jurat. cora Gour

        John Goneere sayth uppon his oath, tht he neuer knew any

       sort of fleash brought in, or spent in the howse of Tho: Munday

       since his comming uppon this Iland, more then hoggs properly

       belonging to the sd Munday. And specially he sayth tht he

       neuer knew Edw: Hudson bring any fleash into the howse of

       Tho: Munday, though frequently hee went into the woods to

       kill meate. And further he sayth, tht he knoweth not of any

       priuate place, eyther abroad or att home, wherein meate was

       hid.                           Jurat cora Gour

        Edward Claxton sayth uppon his oath, tht Edw: Hudson did

       shoote a fayre Sow of Mr Brent's, uppon the Land of the sd Mr

       Brent in the lie of Kent, about 3 weeks agoe, & tht uppon

       the report of the gun, he this Dept came up to him, & saw the

       sd Hudson, sett his dog uppon the sd Sow. And afterwards

       see him cutt the throate of the sow. And then Mr Brent's

       folks comming in, uppon the report of the gun, & the cry of

       the sow, the sd Hudson, hid the sd sow in a marsh. And this

       Dept went home wth Hudson to Tho: Munday's howse.

       Where the sd Dept heerd the sd Hudson, tell the sd Munday,

       tht he had killed a sow, & tht Mr Brents folke came to him, &

       inquyred & sought, what he had killed: But for any thing he

       knew, the sow was not fownd. And next morning afore day,

       the sd Munday spoke to this Dep to fetch the sd sow home,

       to the sd Munday's howse. Who went not; But Hudson went,

       & came home, & sayd the sow was there. And the next night

       the sd Dept & Hudson brought the sd Sow to a branch of a

       Creeke neare Brownes. Where the forest Munday & Jno

       Goneere, had appoynted to meete them, to helpe to bring the

       Sow home. Munday came not, but Jno Goneere came, &