478 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.

The II^th Sep^r 1661 James Salstceme aged thirty one yeares or
thereabouts being sworne and examined Sayth That the 28^th of
October 1654 M^r Thomas Gerrard and Collonell Speake bought
betweene them of Captaine Robert Henfeild Eight Irish boyes the
foure of them that Coll Speake had were soe little that M^rs Speake
sayd to this depon^t why had not yo^r Master brought some Cradles
to haue Rocked them in The next morning this depon^t was sent by
his Master Coll Speake aboard Captaine Henfeilds Ship and M^rs
Speake sent bread and Cheese by him to giue the other foure
that belong [ed to] M^r Gerrard and wished him to .... tell

P. 493

M^rs .... That whereas Ricckett Mecane hath by peticon Com-
playned that he was forced to sett his hand to an Indenture It is
falce for he was then p^esent and saw the Contrary And further
this depon^t Sayth not James Salsteme
Juratur coram John Washington W^m Peirce
The plt desires as in his peticon aforesaid, they putt themselues
to the tryall of a Jury Whereupon was Impannelld a Jury as follow-
eth to Judge of his Age, And the Courte to determine how long the
.... to serue.

John Hammond Foreman
Major Thomas Brooke
William Barton
Patrick Forrest
Thomas Bennett
John Lewger

Barnaby Jackson
John Elzey
William Hatton
John Wheeler
William Heard
Robert Hooper

gent

Whoe being sworne withdrew to Consider of the matter then in
hand. And the Jury Retourned and brought in their Verdict that
the said Richard Maccane is (nineteene yeares ould) The Judgement
of the board is that the said Richard Maccane shall serue whilst he
comes to the age of twenty and One yeares.

Re Dormei

M^r Thomas Gerrard desired the Courte to determine the age of
Dearmid Dormer his Seru^t alsoe. And the Co^rt Judged him to be
fifteene yeares ould.

Attorney
General v.
Nevell

Then was called the Petty Jury for the tryall of Anne Nevell

John Hammond
William Barton
Patrick Forrest
John Lewger
Barnaby Jackson
John Elzey

William Hatton
John Wheeler
William Heard
Robert Hooper
John Bouge
Marks Pheypo

Gent

p. 494

Indictment of Anne Nevell .....
Servant of hers named Margarett

. Proprietary that .... Mayd-
Redfearne did felloniously kill