Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661. 573

Then was Called before the Board Peter Sharpe and John Gary
who were suspected to Breake open the Govern" letters and for
proofe thereof was produced theis following papers. Aboute the
first weeke of July there came a letter from the Governor directed
to M^r Edward LLoyd & the lawes of the Country rowled vp which
were both well sealed & deliuered to me Thomas Manning which I
safely deliuered the same to James Elton in like manner Sealed
Tho. Manning

This I accknowledge to be the truth James Elton.
And James Elton declares that he delivered the s^d letter and
Rowle of the lawes well sealed to Henry Kent which Henry Kent
accknowledged to be true.
And Henry Kent declared that he deliud the s^d letter & Rowle
of the lawes well sealed to Thomas Dawbone which Thomas Daw-
bone accknowledged to be true.
And Thomas Dawbone declared that he deliued the said letter and
Rowle of the lawes well sealed to Thomas Evans which Thomas
Evans accknowledges to be true and they were p^rsently deliued in
like good Condicon to W^m Sparkes of the same howse which he
accknowledges to be true.

And the s^d W^m Sparkes declares that he deliued the s^d letter and
Rowle of lawes well Sealed to Isaack Abrahams which Isaack Abra-
hams accknowledged to be true.
And the s^d Isaack Abrahams declares that he deliued the said
letter and Rowle of lawes well Sealed to Tho: Eldrid which Thomas
Eldred accknowledged to be true
And the s^d Thomas Eldrid declares he deliued the said letter &
Rowle of lawes well sealed to John Boulton .... Boulton accknow-
ledged to be true .... that he deliued the ....

Liber
P. C. R.
Attorney
General
v. Sharpe
et al.
p. 1091

And Robert Harwood declares that he deliuered the letter and
lawes of the Country well sealed to Peter Sharpe and they were
safe deliuered to his servant Margery Greiue which she accknow-
ledges to be true And Margery Greive declares that she deliuered the
letter and lawes to Nicholas Carr But Nicholas Carr affirmes vpon
oathe that when the letter and Rowle of lawes were brought to him.
the Seale of the letter was defaced and some of the Seales of the
Rowle And the s^d Nicholas Carr tould Tomazin Kent who was ther
there .... & that somebody had been nibling about th^t that did not
Concerne them and the s^d Nicholas Carr affirmes vpon oathe that he
p^rsently called his Boy Henry Bruff to carry the s^d letter & Rowle
of lawes to the next howse to Tobias Miles
Nicholas N Carr his marke
Sworne before me this 6^t Sep^r 1662 Tho. Manning
The Mayd is Peter Sharpes Servant who when she was from her
Masters howse in a manner denyed what she tould me there And

p. 1092