540      Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665-66.

               Liber F F being brought before mee John Jarbo One of his Lordsps Justice of
                    the peace for the County of Saint Marys this 25th day of December
                     1665 the said Aluey uppon his Examinacon said that he had killed a
                    Beast and did suppose it to be Colt Williams illiam Euans for it was marked
                    a hole in one Eare and Cropt and slitt on the other and did desire
                    leaue to goe to Colt Euans to make his Composition for it—
                      Taken before mee John Jarbo.
                      James Pattison Constable of Newtowne hundrede declareth that
                    upon the 24th day of this instant hee the said Constable being caused
                    by the informacon of Walter Pake to search the howse of Pope
                    Aluey of Brettons Bay Cooper for meat which the said Pake prtended
                    to haue lost and when he the said Constable came to the said Alueys
                    howse he asked the said Aluey for the meat which the said Aluey
                    denyed and said that he had noe such meat in the howse and in the
                    searching of the said Alueys howse he the Constable saith that he
                    found fresh Beeffe newly kill'd and the hyde of a Beast hidden under
                    Come husks in the henn howse wthout Eares, And the Constable
                    saith that he asked the said Aluey where hee had that meate and hyde
                  and the said Aluey Answered that the Owner of the sd Beast bid
                      him kill it, and the Constable saith that he found young meat salted
                      and a drying uppon Tobacco sticks in the loaft, And the said A!uey
                      said that he bought a quarter of Beeffe of William Wood and that
                      was it but the Constable saith that there was a part of both a fore
                      quarter and a hinder quarter—
                      Made before me this 28th of Decembr 1665 John Jarbo

                      Walter Fake and Gregory Rowse being aide and Assistance to
                    the Constable in the searching of Pope Alueys howse maketh oath
                    uerbatim the Constables declararon
                      Sworne before me this 28th December 1665 John Jarbo
                      Henry Aspinall sworne & Examined saith—
                      That upon the 25th of this instant month this deponants father
                    in law Walter Pake hollowed for this deponant to come ouer the
                    Creeke to him the said Pake told this depont when that he came unto
                    him: that he supposed Pope Aluey had killed a Beast of this deponts
                    uppon which this depont went to the howse of the said Aluey And
                    that the said Aluey asked this depont whether or noe he had bought
                    Collonell Euans heifer and this depont answered what was it to him,
                    And the said Aluey said that he had killed a Beast, and if it were this
                    deponants, if he would put it up, and make noe more words of it he
                    would pay him for three for it, and further saith not
               Sworne this 28th day of Decembr 1665 Before mee John Jarboe
               [p. 145]  Daniel Hammond aged 17 yeares or thereabouts swome & Exam
                    ined saith that uppon Twesday the 19th day of this instant month,
                    Pope Aluey this deponants father in law went out at night wth a Axe
                    and by and by came in againe and told this deponants mother he had