Provincial Court Proceedings, 1665-66. 541






       done his Bussiness for hee had Cutt of a Beasts legg in the henn Liber F F
       howse but she was a eating huskes like madd and the said Aluey went
       out againe a Axe and knocked the said Beast On the head and
         After Supper when the seruant was a Bedd) the said Aluey Askt
         this Deponant to goe wth him and helpe him to dress it And this de
         ponant did goe wth the said Aluey and did helpe him to dresse it, And
         this Deponants mother did hold the Candle, And the next day the said
         Aluey Cutt out the meate and carryed it into the howse and the
         hyde the Satterday following the said Aluey put undr the huskes in
         the henn howse and to the best of this deponts Judgmt the marke
         of the Beast was one eare whole and a hole in it and the other Cropt
         and slitt but which this deponant knowes not—
         Sworne before mee this 28th Decembr 1665 John Jarbo


   Depositions to the Other Indictmt agst Robert Dennis
         The deposition of Wm Tuncks aged 30 yeares or thereabouts
         saith—
         That the shirt which Robert Dennis stole out of the Chancellors
       howse att the head of the Riuer is his and the Carbine that he stole
       out of the said howse is the Chancellors, and that the shirt and Car
       bine now product to this deponant is the same shirt and the same
       Carbine That was lost out of the said howse & stole by the said Robert [p. 146]
       Dennis as aforesaid and further saith not
         Jurat Coram me 24th    the marke of
         Decembris 1665        Willm Tancks
            Philip Caluert

         Christopher Hall deposeth That he saw Robert Dennis bring into
       Mr Edmund Listers howse a Carbine undr his Coate which Carbine
       was now shewed him and Confest by Robert Dennis to be taken out
       of the howse of Philip Caluert Esq: Christopher Hall
         Jurat Coram me
         24th Decem 1665
            Philip Caluert

         The Examinacon of Robt Dennis aged about 35 yeares or there
       abouts
   Confesseth that he Entred the howse of Philip Caluert Escp att
                              the head of Saint Georges riuer and took out of the howse One Car
                              bine and One shirt and that he Opened the doore wth the Key wch he
                              took out of the window where he saw William Tanck lay it on Sater
                              day the 23d of December 1665—
                              Taken by mee the 24th day of
                               Decembr 1665
                                        Philip Caluert