49   Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665.






              Liber F F   untarily & of his malice forethought an assault did make, And the
                     same Mary then his Mistresse then & there wth the sd knife felloniousby
                     & trayterousby uppon her right arme strongely did strike & stabb,
                     Gyuing her a mortall wound ffowre fingers broad, in the upper part
                     of her right arme, Of wch mortall wownd shee the sd Mary the Wife
                     of Nathaniel Vtye uppon the ffowrth day of Octobr did dye, & soe the
                     aforenamed Jacob, att Spesutia aforesd of his malice aforethought
                     the same Mary Vtye his Mistresse aforesd in manner and forme
                     aforesd, willingly, wittingly, felboniously & trayterously did kill,
                     against tW peace of his sd Lordship his rule & dignity.
                                                       Will Caluert
                [p. 79] Anthony Brispo aged 20 yeares or thereabouts sworne & exam
                     ined in open Court this 11 of Octobr 1665 sayth
                       That hee see Jacob the negro stab Mrs Mary Vtye uppon Saturday
                     the 30th of Septembr last, about Ten of the Clock in the night, That
                     hee stabbed her wth a knife here produced in Conrt, That in outward
                     appearance shee was in prfect health before hee wounded her, That
                     hee tW sd Jacob gaue her Two wounds in the Right arme, One
                     whereof was ffowre fingers wide, & tht shee dyed uppon the Wednes
                     day att night following, And further tht bee doth beleiue tht shee
                     dyed of those wounds haning bled a day & a night.
                       Jurauit, Philip Caluert.
                       ffrancis Stockett aged 31 yeares or thereabouts sworne & exam
                     ined this of Octobr 1665 sayth
                       That hee dressed the wounds gyuen by Jacob the negro to Mrs
                     Mary Vtye Vizt, Two wounds in her arme, whereof one was fowre
                     fingers wide, And tht hee doth uerily beleive shee dyed of those
                     wounds
                       Jurauit Philip Caluert
                       The names of the Jury men Impanelled & sworne to ueiw the Corps
                     of Mrs Mary Vtye & haue as is here underwritten gyuen in their Ver
                     dict of the cause of her Death/
                     Mr ffrancis Stockett          William Perce  George Elthringhani
                     Mr John James    John Royland Richard Woolfe
                     Mr Henry Haselwood            Thomas Symonds Richard Leeke
                     Mr Willm Thurrell             Samuel Bennett Cornelius Beice
                       That the wounds web shee receiuecl in her arme was the cause of her
                     Death.                        John Collett sherife
                       The foregoeing Oaths being Read, & that Verdict of the Jury
                     shewen in Court, & Demanded whither Guilty or not Guilty, Hee
                     stands in a manner mute.
                       Judgmt of the Board is Guilty of Petite Treason. Vppon this mat
                     ter, these things being heard & scene & by the Court fully understood
                     it was Considered That the sd Jacob is Guilty of Petite Treason.