190 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1658.

Liber
P. C. R.
Attorney
General v.
Overzee

M^r Symon Ouerzee made his appearance, And the Gou^e ap-
poynted the s^d M^r Ouerzee to appeare againe to morrow morning
The Court adiorned by the Gou^e till ten o' Clock to morrow
morning

Thursday 2^o Decembris
P^ent as Yesterday.

Dec. 2
Attorney
General v.
Overzee

M^r Will^m Barton informes the Court agst M^r Symon Ouerzee, for
that the s^d Ouerzee correcting his negro seruant the s^d negro dyed
under his s^d Correction
The Examinaon of Hannah Littleworth aged 27 yeares or there-
abouts taken the 27^th of Nouemb^r 1658, before Philip Caluert Esq^r.
This Examin^t sayth That somtime (as shee conceiues) in Sep-
temb^r was two yeares, M^r Ouerzee commanded a negro (commonly

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called Tony) formerly chayned up for some misdeameno^rs by the
command of m^rs Ouerzee (m^r Ouerzee himselfe being then abroad)
to be lett loose, & ordered him to goe to worke, But instead of goeing
to worke the s^a negro layd himself e downe & would not stirre,
Whereuppon m^r Ouerzee beate him w^th some Peare Tree wands or
twiggs to the bignes of a mans finger att the biggest end, w^ch hee
held in his hand, And uppon the stubbernes of the negro caused his
Dublett to bee taken of, and whipd' him uppon his bare back, And the
negro still remayned in his stubbernes & feyned himself e in fitts, as
hee used att former times to doe, Whereuppon M^r Ouerzee com-
manded this Exam^t to heate a fyre shouel, & bring him some Lard,
which shee did, And sayth that the s^d fyre shouel was hott enough to
melt the Lard, but not soe hott as to blister any one, & th^t it did not
blister the negro, on whom M^r Ouerzee powrd' it. Immediately
thereuppon the negro rose up, & M^r Ouerzee commanded him to be
tyed to a Ladder standing on the foreside of the dwelling howse, w^ch
was accordingly done by an Indian Slaue, who tyed him by the
wrists, w^th a peice of a dryed hide, And (as shee remembers but
cannot iustly say) That hee did stand uppon the grownd. And still
the negro remayned mute or stubborne, & made noe signes of con-
forming himselfe to his Masters will or command. And about a
quarter of an howre after, or lesse, M^r Ouerzee & M^rs Ouerzee went
from home, & doth not know of any Order M^r Ouerzee gaue con-
cerning the s^d negro. And th^t while M^r Ouerzee beate the negro &
powred the Lard on him, there was nobody by, saue only M^r Mathew
Stone, & M^rs Ouerzee now deceased. And th^t from the time of M^r
Ouerzees & his Wifes goeing from home, till the negro was dead,
there was nobody about the howse but only the s^d M^r Mathew
Stone, Will^m Hewes, & this Exam^t, & a negro woman in the quarter-
ing howse, who neuer stird' out. And th^t after M^r Ouerzee was gone,
uppon the relaon of M^r Mathew Stone, in the presence of Will^m
Hewes th^t the negro was dying, this Examin^t desyred M^r Mathew