396     Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.

            Liber A.   the charge layd agst him. But being proued by the oath of

                  the Comder to be true. The Court ordered tht the sd Thomas

                  Munday deft, should be tyed to a post, & wth a good Pokicory

                  wand, to haue forty good stripes about the shoulders therewth

                  for the foresd offence: And this to be exequuted before Sun

                  sett.

                    Warrt to the Sheriffe ad exequendu.

                    Jno Dandy complayneth agst Edward Commins, in an accon

                  of Trespasse to the ualew of 2000 l Tob: & cask, for certaine

                  goods taken out of his howse & Land by the sd Commins in

                  the time of the troubles of this prouince

                    warrt to the Sheriffe ret 26 instant.

                    Zachary Wiade complayneth agst Capt Robt Vaughan for

                  deteyning uniustly a Canow from him.

                    Vppon the complaynt abousd The deft acknowledgeth to

                  haue the sd Canow, & tht hee iustly deteyneth the same.

                    The Court finding noe lawfull authority, whereby the plf was

                  dispossessed of the Canow now claymed. Judged the sd

                  Canow should be returned by the deft, into the plfs hands.

                    26o June. The Deposn of John Howard aged 22 yeares or

                  thereabouts taken by the Gour

                    This Dept sayth sometime the last Summer he was present

                  att killing of a yowng Steere att Mr Bradnox howse on Kent.

                  That one Jno Palmer motioned first to haue it killed to the rest;

                  & all of them spake to him, tht he should not tell of it. The

                  prties ptnt were Mr Bradnox, Palmer, Willm Lant, Jno Maiham,

                  & himselfe. The marke was a Swallow Tayle one yeare, & a

                  Crop & hole the other eare. The eares were both cutt of, as

                  soone as the hide was flead. That it was eaten in priuate; &

                  none of it brought forth, when any stranger was present.

                  That when the Sheriffe came to fetch him to be examined his

                  Master & Mistrisse bad him to hide himselfe in the roome, tht

                  the Sheriffe should not see him. And tht he heard his Master

                  tell the Sheriffe asking for this Dept that hee was gone to

                  looke cattle. And further he sayth not. Sig.

                     Jurat coram Gouerr          John Howard.

             Att a Court held att           Thomas Mathews Attorney of Mr Tho:

             Hen: Morgans howse       Copley Esqr demandeth of Jno Howard

             att Kent 26o Junij.

             Prnt Gouernor    two yeares seruice, dew to the sd Mr Copley.

                  Mr Brent     The Deft acknowledgeth the demand

                  to be dew. And

                    The Court fownd for the plf.