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sisted of Eighty one Hogsheads of white Sugar, and being
asked where they were shipped or taken on Board the said
Brig, the said Examinant saith that he was not on Board
when the said Sugars were taken in by the said Brig, that
they, were cleared for this Province at and from Salem on
Delaware Bay, and that his last Clearance before his Ar-
rival at Salem aforesaid, was from Monti-Christo in His-
paniola, which Clearance he has left on Board the said Brig
now lying in West-River: And this Examinant further
saith, that upon the said Brig's Mate, who is named Middle-
ton Belt's asking this Examinant (a little before his and
Crew's leaving the said Schooner in her Boat as aforesaid)
if he had his Papers this Examinant said no, that he knew
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not where they were, that the last Time this Examinant had
seen them was in a little Trunk in the Captain's Chest in the
Cabbin of the said Schooner, and that upon this the said
Schooners' Captain offered this Examinant his Keys, to
which Offer this Examinant answered that he had no Busi-
ness with them and refused to take them, all which was after
this Examinant had Possession of the said Schooner. This
Examinant saith he believes that the Captain of the Schooner
and his Men then on Board her, were confined, but knows
not whether they were tyed or no, but saith that before this
Examinant and his People arrived on Board the said Brig
from the said Schooner, he this Examinant did see the
Schooner's People then on Board her walking about on her
Deck: This Examinant further saith that he neither knows
nor believes any Money was either by himself or by any of
his People taken from on Board the said Schooner and as
to any Cutlasses or Musketts he saith that he knows nothing
of any such being taken from on Board the Schooner by
any of this Examinant's People, but saith that the Schooner's
Mate and two Men who were by the Schooner's Captain sent
on Board the said Brig to take Care of her carried with them
some Cutlasses and Muskets but knows not how many of
either, and further saith that what Cutlasses and Muskets
they carried as aforesaid on Board the said Brig they upon
leaving the said Brig to return to the said Schooner carried
from off the said Brig with them. And this Examinant
further saith that he never did take the said Schooner's
Helm into his Hand, but saith that he was standing very
near to one of his own People who was steering the said
Schooner; And this Examinant further saith that upon the
Resolution formed between the Master and Mate of the said
Schooner to carry this Examinant and the Brig aforesaid to
Providence, this Examinant said he was not willing to be
carried out to Sea but was ready and willing to attend the
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