574 Provincial Court Proceedings, 1661.

Liber
P. C. R.

Rob^t Harwood tould me that John Gary was fingring the lawes of the
Country and sayd he would very fayne reade them, And Francis
Riggs tould me that Doctor Stansby would sweare the letter had
been sealed with Salue
Tomazin Kent and Martha Carre affirme vpon oathe th^t the Seale
of the letter & lawes were defaced when they were brought to
Nicholas Carrs howse Tomazin T Kent his marke
Sworne before me 6^t Sep^t 1662 Tho. Manning

p. 1093

And the said Henry Bruff declares that he deliued the said letter
and lawes in such Condicon to Tobias Miles which Tobias Miles
acknowledges to be true.
And the s^d Tobias Miles deliuered the s^d letter and Rowle of
lawes in such Condicon to Robert Humfrey and the s^d Robert Hum-
frey affirmes that the letter was broke open which Tobias Miles
accknowledges to be true.
The depⁿ of ffrancis [Riggs] aged 26 yeares or thereabouts this
27^th Sep^t 1662 Sayth That being at Cap^t Samson Warings he heard
Cap^t Manning and other people discourse Concerning the breaking
open of the Governors letters & by all circumstance they found
that they were broke open att Peter Sharpes And that John Gary
wisht he could see the Acts of Assembly & that he this depon^t heard
John Stansby say that when the letters that were goeing vp came to
their howse he found them sealed with some Salue and further
sayth not Francis Riggs
Jurat Coram me Philip Calvert
Margery Greive sworne in open Co^rt sayth that she had the letter
from her Mistres and that the Seale of the Rowle was whole, but
knoweth nothing of the letter John Gittings Clre.
Ordered that Cap^t Thomas Manning examine vpon oathe Edward
Lees or any other person concerning the breakeing open of letters
that if they refuse to sweare for to binde them over to the next Co"

p. 1094
Herman p.
Atty.
Richard
Collett v.
Daniel
Clocker
Execr. of
Col. Price
[Coyne =
Cognac?]

the said Augustine Herman the Sume of one thousand five hundred
ninety two pounds of tobacco by accept which remaynes still vnsat-
tisfyed. In Consideracon whereof yo^r pet^r humbly craues an order
for the s^d Tobacco. And he shall pray &c.
Cott John Price is Debtor vnto M^r Augustine Herman as appeares
by the note of perticulers

To one hhd and 7 Gallons of the best white coyne
and one double Barrell of Strong Beere amounts to
To 36 deale Boards att 20 foote a peece att 1^lb p foote
due vpon the last yeares Accompt.

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