Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658. 161

The plf p^e Attornat, John Metcalfe complayneth agst the deft, for
th^t the deft charged the plf, w^th killing of one of his hoggs, W^ch the
deft denyeth,
marks Pheypo aged 58 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined
22^th of Septemb^r 1658 Sayth That about Two yeares agoe hee being
att Rob^t Smiths howse, John Bisco being allso there amongst other
company, he heard the s^d Bisco demand of Nicholas Keytin (who
was allso there) why he killed his hogge, & logged it up? Of whom
the s^d Keytin demanded, If hee could proue any such matter ? The s^d
Bisco replyed againe, hee would proue it & further Sayth not
Jurat Cora^r Will^m Bretton

Will^m Osberstone deposed in open Court sayth, That hee was p^ent
in the howse att the same time, & Of the Company there, some were
merry drinking & dancing & on a sodaine there was naming of hoggs
& loggs. But remembers not th^t he heard Bisco say, That Keytin
killed his hog, But he heard Keytin call Bisco Theife, ffor th^t hee
had stollen his the sayd Keytins potthangers, as he alleaged then.
Rose Smith deposeth the same.
The Court find noe cause of acc5n, & therfore a Nonsuite is
graunted agst the plf , on behalfe of the deft, w^th Court charges.

Liber
P. C. R.
Keytin v.
Bisco

The plf by Petⁿ complayneth agst the deft, for that the deft (the
plf being from home) carryed away the plfs yowng Bull in company
of other cattle, whereby he susteyned much losse & dammage, both
in his breed, & milke.
M^r John Metcalfe sayth uppon Oath th^t the deft comming to
the plfs howse, in company w^th other Cattle, carryed away the plfs
yowng Bull, w^ch Bull was neuer brought home to this day.
The deft alleageth th^t carrying away certaine cattle, The Bull
runne after them, Neyther could he force him back.
The Court see noe Cause of accon, & therefore a Nonsuite is
Graunted in the s^d suite agst the plf on the behalfe of the Deft w^th
Court charges.

To the hon^ble the Gouerno^r & Councell

Gyther v.
Osberston

The humble Petⁿ of Adam Staueley Sheweth

That M^r Peter Sharpe about fiue yeares since or thereabouts did
undertake to cure yo^r Pet^r of a lamenesse in one of yo^r Pet^rs Legges,
w^ch was cutt w^th the limme of a Tree, And the s^d Sharpe did for three
dayes (after hee had soe undertaken to cure yo^r Pet^r) use his
endeauo^e w^th some dilligence to looke unto yo^r Pet^r But afterward the
s^d Sharpe left yo^r Pet^r for the space of Ten dayes to yo^r Pet^rs great
wrong. Hee being forced to send for another Chyrurgeon on board
Cap^t Potts, who comming & ueiwing the scare, made but slight of it,
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P. 119
Staveley v.
Sharpe