Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.221





    betwen hime and the said pyther and when thay came theare at the Liber B
    said plantation Mr Browne Desired him first to goe se some tob: that
    it seames the said pither had Intended for Mr Browne and Mr Browne
    openinge on hhd Marked wth Chalke and another not marked the
    said hoggheds of tobaco ware both of them strucke in two high Case
    and in the Judgment of the Deponant to be in a Rottinge Condition,
    secondly thear wase frost bitten tobaco in them thurdly theare wase
    many ground leaues left amongst the said tobaco and thearf ore ware
    not Marchantab & Mr Browne hedded up the said litr of tobaco againe
    as he found them & Mr Browne Desired your Deponant to goe with
    hime to the Dwelling house upon the said plantation to veiw to other
    hhs of tobaco which Mr Browne towid your Depont he hade Marked
    and nailed beinge not Disposeed of as he found beinge not marked be
    fore because he found the others not good said Mr Brown wifl
    Pither saith are sweat senteed & for which he demands Allowance but
    are not culled from grownd leues and being opened I found the said to
    hhs of tobaco to haue many grownd leaues amongst it and not to be
    culled as the Tobb is to be that hath allowance for Sweat cented and [fol. 100]
    further saith not               Rout Burle senr
    Sworne in Court
     Teste me A Skinner Clef Com

      William Neale Agede thirty years or thear abouts sworne in Court
    saith that beinge aft the house of Robert Burle when Mr Browne
    came theare he wase Requested by Mr Browne to goe with hime to
    veiw some tobaco att the plantation wher William pither made his
    Crope thes yeare which said tobb beinge opened he afermeth upon his
    oath to be Accordinge to the Relation of Rob: Burle in each ptick
    culer & further saith not the mark of
    Sworne in Court               William  Neale
      Teste me A Skinner Clk Com

      The Plant: hath Craued A Jeury WCb the Court Doth grant
    The Jeurys names and all sworne
      Mr Thomas Ringgould           Mr Henry Morgon   John Morgon
      Richard BluntWilliam Hemsley  Mathew Reeade
      John Dobbes     William hambiton Thomas osborne
      John Wincster   Thomas Phillips  John Erecson

      Whearas the Euidence hath benne plainly Reede to thes Jury thay
    haue brought in theire varditt tht it is the Jurys varditt That the
    Defent shall pay unto the plant: on thousand pounds of sweat cented
    tobaco and Caske in Kinde in the leiw of the two hoggheds of tobaco
    taken away By the defent and all Cost of seute
                                Teste foreman
                                 Henry M Morgon