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goods a particular whereof was to the said Informations
annexed. And also the said Richard Windall did not upon
his entry of the said shipp with the officer for that purpose
appointed or at any other time then since and before breaking
of Bulk deliver or cause to be delivered to the Governor or
officer thereunto appointed a true and perfect Inventory
Invoyce or perticular of the severall goods or comodities of the
said Shipps loading together with the place or places in which
the said goods were laden or taken into the said shipp or ves-
sell as in and by the said statute hee was required and
enioyned. But without having first declared to the Governor
or the said Officer by him thereunto authorized or appointed a
true and perfect Inventory, Invoyce or perticular of the severall
goods or comodities of the said shipp or vessells loadings with
the place or places in which the said goods were laden or taken
into the said shipp or vessell. Hee the said Richard Windall
did then and there out of the said shipp or vessell unlade
divers goods and Comodities, that is to say two hogsheads of
French wyne. And the said Richard Windall did also unlade
and deliver unto John Addison and John Readish severall
Bayles packs and Caskes of goods and other European
Comodities soe as aforesaid by him in the said shipp imported
against the forme of the statute aforesaid. Whereupon the
said Christopher Rousby who as well for the said Lord the
King and the said Governor as for himself prayed for the
advice of the said Court in the premisses and that the said
Richard Windall might forfeit the said shipp or vessell with all
her Gunns Tooles Ammunitions furniture and apparell and all
the said goods and comodities according to the forme of the
statute aforesaid and that the same forfeiture might be divided
into three equal parts one third part thereof unto our Sov-
eraigne Lord the King one third part thereof to the said
Governor and the other third part to him the said Christopher
according to the forme of the said statute And that the said
Richard Windall might answere the premisses and the said
Richard Windall upon the said Eighteenth day of March afore-
said in his proper person appeared and by Robert Ridgeley his
Attorney putt in his Plea to the Information aforesaid and sayd
hee was not guilty of the breach of the said Act and of that hee
put himself upon the Country and the said Christopher who as
well &c: likewise. Whereupon the said Sheriffe of the said
County of St Maryes did upon the same day returne the pan-
nell of a Jury of twelve men of his Bayliwicke who being im-
pannelled and sworne to say the truth of the premisses upon
their Oathes did say that they of the Jury did find that there
were severall hogsheads of wine called Clarrett importe'd into
the River called St Georges River in the said Province in the
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