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Wherefore yo^r Pet^r humbly desyres, That yo^r hon^rs would grant
him an Order for soe much Tob, w^th dammages & Costs of suite &
yo^r Pet^r shall euer pray &c :
Referred to the County Court Will^m Bretton.

The Depos^ts of John Jarbo aged 40 yeares sworne & examined
in Court Sayth, That M^r Pille bad this Depon^t tell M^r Hall, th^t hee
might dispose of the Tob. if hee would, & further Sayth not.
The Deposⁿ of Rob^t Sheale aged 30 yeares sworne & examined
Sayth in Court, That there were such hogsheads of Tob, att M^r
Pilles Tob. howse w^ch went under the notion of M^r Halles Tob, but
whither they were his he knoweth not.
Bridgett Shales aged 35 yeares or thereabouts sworne & examined
the 20^th of Aprill Sayth, That being att the howse of M^r Pilles, when
the Seamen came to fetch M^r Halles Tob. Shee heard M^rs Pille say,
shee would goe & stop .... Tob. for they should haue none of it.
Whereuppon (in her sight) .... Tob howse to them, where they
talked uery lowd & the Sea .... w^thout it, & further sayth not.
Jurat .... rber.

Liber
P. C. R.

The Deposⁿ of ffrancis Beckwith aged 18 yeares or thereabouts
sworne & Examined, Sayth in Court, That being att John Greene-
wells before Easter three yeares agoe, as shee thinketh, The Seamen
came to receiue Tob, w^ch M^rs Pilles in her husbands name fore-
warned them not to doe. But M^r Hall made answere th^t hee would
haue it, in spight of her husbands teeth, & hers to, & further Sayth
not.
M^rs Martha Lewger aged 30 yeares or thereabouts sworne & exam-
ined this 1 8^th of Aprill Sayth, That the Boteswaine of M^r Wrights
ship by name Rob^t Thompson, goeing to M^r Pilles howse to receaue
M^r Halls Tob. the s^d M^rs Pilles stopt it in the L^d Protecto^rs name,
bidding him touch it att his perill, ffor shee would haue my L^d
Protecto^rs war^t for him, if hee did, or words to this purpose, &
further sayth not.
Jurat Cora, Luke Barber.

Walter Hall declareth in open Court, That the Plantaon was
neyther in M^r Pilles, nor his possesⁿ, but John Greenewells, when his
Tob was stopped by M^rs Pilles.
The Juro^rs Verdict
Wee find for the plf , w^th Costs of Suite
The Court doth Order the deft to pay to the plf Two hogsheads
of Tob. weighing neate six hund^d pownds; w^th Court Charges, ells
Execuon. A true Copie by me
Roger Isham Cler.

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