Provincial Court Proceedings, 1657-8. 35

Robert Patterson aged forty yeares or thereabouts Sworne and
Examined Sayeth that he this Deponent was present when David
ffarera Looked upon two hogsheads of Tobacco of m^r William
Berrys which was in or about may last, And this Deponent farther
Sayeth, that the Said Tobacco which the Said ffarera viewed was
then Sound and Good, onely a Little Damnified (the one of them)
in one of the Ioynts of the Slaves, that Hogshead not being Closely
Ioynted. And farther this Deponent Sayeth not
Signum
Robert A Patterson

Lib. B. No. 3
Re Berry

Phillip Harwood Sworne and Examined in open Court Sayeth,
that he this Deponent, about two months after that Tobias Norton
had bought a Servant named Christopher of m^r Henry Hooper, he
the Said Norton Coming Down to m^r Hoopers house, where this
Depon^t then Lived, asked the Said Norton how he Liked his Said
Servant, the Said Norton Replyed that he liked him well enough.
And farther this Deponent Sayeth not
Signum
Phillip P Harwood

Hooper v.
Norton

Whereas m^r William Berry Attourney of Aron Iacobson hath
Petitioned this Court for a debt of Six Hundred pounds of Tobacco
and Caske due to the Said Iacobson from Iohn Cornelius for worke

Jacobson v.
Cornelius

and building. And the Said Cornelius Alledging that the Said Iacob

son hath not performed the Said Building, according to Condition
but not proveing any Condition, The Court doth therefore order that
Cap^t Henry Keene and Iohn Tayler Shall view the Said worke and
building So built and performed by the Said lacobson, and his
Copartner Allbert Iohnson And that the Said Iohn Cornelius Shall
forthwith Satisfie unto the Said Iacobson Soe much Tobacco as the
Said Cap^t Keene and Iohn Tayler Shall in their Conscience to the
best of their Iudgment adjudge due to him the Said Iacobson for
the Said work and building with Cost of Suit or Else Execution.

p. 405

Iohn Cornelius being Convicted of Swearing in open Court, The
Court doth order that the Said Cornelius pay tenn pounds of To-
bacco according to Act of Assembly Provided in Such Cases to
publique use.

Re Cornelius

M^r Henry Hooper having been Convicted of Swearing in open
Court, The Court doth order that the Said m^r Hooper pay tenn
pounds of Tobacco to publique use, according to Act of Assembly
in Like Cases Provided.

Re Hooper

Whereas Mary Dammarell hath Petitioned this Court for Some
Speedy Course for her Safety may be taken for the Settlement of

Re Estate of
Dammarell