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Board the Brig, but the Examinant saith that he did not
when they were about to leave the said Schooner hear any
Questions asked about Papers, nor see either Captain Car-
caud, his Mate M^r Belt, or any of the Brig's People go into
the Schooners' Cabbin nor did he see any one of them carry
a Cutlass or any other Weapon from on Board the Schooner,
that after they had got on Board the Brig, the Mate M^r
Belt as he this Examinant thinks gave them Orders to stand
up the Bay which Orders were obeyed, and that the Schooner
soon afterwards stood up the Bay also; this Examinant
further saith that when they were returned from the Schoon-
er on Board the Brig the Brig as is abovementioned they
found the Schooner's People who had Possession of her very
drunk, so that they were not able he is sure to row the Boat,
but that after they had slept some Hours they were ordered
(by whom he does not know) to go into their Boat and
return to the Schooner, and that he saw some Provisions
handed down to them into the Boat, the Moon at that Time
shining. This Examinant further says it being calm the
Morning afterwards the Brig came to an Anchor, but set
Sail about four Hours afterwards and in the following
Night got into the Mouth of Patuxent where they again
came to an Anchor, and took in a Pilot who carried the
Brig up Patuxent.
14: March 1761.. The Mark X of
Taken before the Governor and Council Richard Morgan
J Ross CL Conc..

The Examination of Middleton Belt aged about twenty
Years Mariner and Mate of the Brigantine called, the Duke
of Marlborough
The said Examinant saith that on the eighteenth Day
of February last the said Brigantine called, The Duke of
Marlborough of which this Examinant was then Mate, was

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turning from behind New Point Comfort in the Bay of
Chesopeak to clear the said Point under which she had been
at Anchor with the Wind at South East bound to Patuxent
River in this Province from Sea, this Examinant and the
said Brig's Crew observed a Schooner standing before the
Wind towards the said Point as this Examinant supposed to
come to an Anchor the Wind being foul for the said Vessel
to go to Sea, the said Schooner upon coming' within Dis-
tance hailed the said Brig and asked whence she came, and
the said Brig's Captain David Carcaud answered from Sea,
whereupon the said Schooner's Captain named (as this Ex-
aminant hath since understood) Mulkere, ordered the said
Brig to heave too, that he might come on Board which the