Chancery Court Proceedings, 1674.  125

    under Corn husks in the hen house without Ears & the Constable Liber C D
    Saith that he asked the Said Alvey where he had that meat & hide
    and the Said Aivey Answered that the owner of the Said beast bid
    him kill it & the Constable Saith that he found young meat Salted &
    a drying upon Tobacco Sticks upon the Loft & the S.d Alvey Saith
    that he bought a quarter of Beefe of w.m Wood and that was it, but
    the Constable Saith there was pant of a fore quarter & a hinder
    quarter
      made before me this 28.th of Decemb.r 1665.
                                       John Jarbo.
      Henry Aspinall Sworn & Examined Saith that upon the 25.th of
    this Instant this Deponent's father in Law Walter Pake hollowed
    for this Deponent to Come Oven the Creek to him, the sd Pake told
    this Depon.t when he came to him that he Supposed Pope Alvey had
    killed a beast of this Depon.ts upon this Deponent went to the
    house of the Said Alvey and that the Said Alvey asked this Depon.t
    whether or no he had bought Coll.° W.m Evans's heifer & this Depon.t
    Answered what was it to him And the s.d Alvey Said he had killed a
    beast and if it were this Deponents if he would put it up & make no
    more words of it he would pay him for three for it and further
    Saith not
    Sworn this 28.th day of December 1665 before me
                                       John Jarbo
      Daniell Hamond aged 17 years or thereabouts Sworn & Examined
    Saith that upon Tuesday the 19.th of this Instant month Pope Alvey
    this Deponent's father in Law went out at night with an axe & by
    & by Came in again & told this Depon.ts mother he done his busieness
    for he had Cut off a beasts Legg in the hen house, but She was eating
    husks like mad & the S.d Alvey went out again an Axe &
    knockt the S.d beast on the head & after Supper when the Servant
    was a bed the Said Alvey asked this depon.t to go with him & help
    him to dress it And this Deponents mother did hold the Candle &
    the next day the Said Alvey did Cutt out the meat & Carried it into
    the house & the hyde the Saturday following the Said Alvey put
    under the husks in the hen house and to the best of this Depon.ts
    Judgement the marke of the beast was one Ear whole & a hole in it
    & the other Cropt & Slitt but w.ch this Depon.t knoweth not
      Sworn before me this 28.th December 1665.
                                       John Jarbo
      The Charge being Given to the Grand Jury proclamation was then p. 107
    made by the Cryer, all manner of persons that have any Bills of (fol. 134)
    Indictmt to put into the Grand Inquest put them into the Court first
    that his Lpps Councills may peruse them or else they Shall not be
    received