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420 Court and Testamentary Business, 1648.
Liber A. Mrs Margarett Brent on the behalfe of the Ld Propr prayeth tht stoppige may bee made of a Cow & her increase now in the possesn of Mr Thomas Copley, & darned by Willm Harditch & intended to be transported out of this prouince by him Vntill hee shall haue made his tytle better appeare thereunto, then as yett he hath done, Conceyuing his Lp to haue an Interest in all uncertaine tytles. Attatchmt to the Sheriffe.
Willm Harditch petth to the Court to trauerse the Jury con cerning his cause, now depending betwixt Capt Jno Price & himselfe ffor tht as he affirmes all the Jury consented not, to the gyuing in of the Verdict in the sd cause. Barnaby Jackson one of the Jury, in the cause betweene Capt Jno Price, & Willm Harditch, concerning an Anker of Sack, deposed sayth, That uppon deliuery of the Verdict, touching the sd cause, he doth know noe other, but tht they were all, the whole twelue, agreed in one opinion, & tht there was not any one of the sd Jury, did uary or alter from the ioynt opinion: WCh was That they fownd for the plf nothing.
Willm Styles one of the Jury in caâ Supra, Sayth uppon his oath That the cause was uoted amongst the Jury, & this dept was of the lesser part. & tht he did not agree to the Verdict was gyuen in by the fforeman. And being further examined uppon oath, & demanded, Whither he came into the Court, wth the rest of the Jury. Hee affirmes, Yes. And tht he heard, the Gour demand of the Jury. Whither or noe, They were agreed on their Verdict, & That he heard the fforeman say, Yes. But himselfe sayd, Noe.
p. Walter Beane fforeman of the Jury, sayth Vppon his oath, tht after altercaon concerning the Verdict in caã Supra. They writt the Verdict, after brought into the Court in a paper. And then one of the Jury Reading it alowd to them, demanded, saying. Are we all agreed of this, & some answered, I, & hee heard noe man say, Noe: whereuppon they brought it in; & noe man moued att the rysing up, any further tarrying or con sidering uppon it, in his hearing. Mr Browne Willm Hungerford deposeth Willm Marshall . Stannop Roberts deposeth idem. idem. Mr Brough Nath: Joanes Mr Jno Lewger
George Manners sayth uppon the demand. Hee heard Willm Styles say, noe: But att the rysing up to deliur in the Verdict. He heard noe man moue any further tarryance. & soe himselfe came along, to the deliuery of the Verdict. In the rest he agrees wth the fforernan.
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