252 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Henry Enocks sen^r on Cape Capon which this Deponent
suspected the said Henry Enocks had stolen from the said
Cresap's House, and on examining him about it the said
Henry Enocks sen: told this Deponent that somebody had
brought the same and hid it under his House, and this De-
ponent further saith that he heard the said Enocks say that
Rogues made a practice of stealing Things and hiding them
under his Floor, and further this Deponent saith not.
May io^th 1757.. Sworn before me Tho: Caton.

Frederick County in the Colony of Virginia to wit
The Deposition of Isaac Thomas aged twenty one Years
or thereabouts, taken on the holy Evangelists of Almighty
God before Thomas Caton Gentleman a Justice of the peace
for the County aforesaid the 10: Day of May 1757.. deposeth
and saith that this Deponent and one Jacob Lane having been

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up at Fort Cumberland sometime last Fall called at the House
of Col: Thomas Cresap at the old Town and laid in the said
Cresap's Upper Fort one Night and the next Morning they
went into a Cellar under a Shed of the said Cresap's House
to look for some dried Beef for themselves to eat and found
there four Bars of Lead which this Deponent imagines would
weigh about a Pound each and that this Deponent took two
of the same and the said Lane took the other two and carried
them away and converted the same to their own Use, and this
Deponent further saith that in a Discourse had between the
said Jacob Lane and this Deponent the said Jacob Lane told
this Deponent that he the said Jacob Lane William Lockhart
and Henry Enocks junior had taken a Jugg of Melasses
which the said Jacob Lane and James Cox was eating some
of, and this Deponent eat some with them at the House of
Henry Enocks sen. on Cape Capon, and that the said Lane
at the same Time said there was a large Kettle in a Hole out
of which they had taken the said Jugg and that the said
Henry Enocks jun: broke a large Jugg that was full of Sugar
in Order to get at the said Kettle, and was going to take the
same away till the said Lane cursed him and threatned to tell
if he did, and this Deponent further saith that when he was
at the said Cresap's House he saw sundry Goods lying about
the said House, to wit, Weeding Hoes, Frying Pans, and
several Bars of Steel, and further this Deponent saith not.
Sworn before me Tho: Caton
May io^th 1757..

Ann Arundel County ss..
The Deposition of Col: Thomas Cresap aged about 66:
years or thereabouts taken before me the Subscriber one of