Kent County Court Proccedings, 1675-1676.351





   me in his Tobacco house aboot nine or tenn dayes & furnished me Liber C
   with pvisions & told me if ever I did discolose it I should undoe him,
   The last time he carried me towards New yorke he tould me he
   would hide William Davis Cannough & if my Master Andrews
   should come he should not Mistrust him for he would tell my Master
   Andrews tht William Davis Cannough was gon & farther sath not
                                Willm  Jackman

    The depötion of Ann Tumes Aged forty fower yeares sworne in [fol. 76]
   open Court sath tht her Master Ellis Humphrey carried william Jack-
   man away & he staid away aboot a fortnight & at length he came back
   againe & my master carried him away againe three or lower time &
   at last her master came home & sd tht he had carried him away & sd
   the sonn of a whore was gon farr enough now for he would Come
   noe more to his master & further sath not marke
                                  Ann   Tumes

    William Davis Aged one & thirty yeares sworne in open Court
   saith that mrt Andrews Taylor came to work after Aprill Court with
   Ellis Humphrey where words did pass tht Ellis Humphrey should
   say to the Taylor that he was a foole if he served his master one
   hower & further sath not            marke
                                   Will  Davis

    Morgon Joanes aged twenty fower yeares sworne in open Court
  saith tht he had some bussiness over the Creek from his being &
  when he was over the Creek, he heard some hoggs Cry; & as I
  went along I see william Jackman sitting behinde a tree, by a fire &
  pillowbeare to sitt on & I asked him if he would he would goe over
    me & he said he would not but when he hollowed Ellis Humphwould fetch him ouer & further saith not   Morgon J oanes

       The Jurys Charge,
    Gentlemen of the Jury yow shall dilligently & truly Inquire make
   into the bussiness now depending betwixt Christopher Andrewes plt
   & Ellis Humphery dft without partiallity favor or Mallice or any
   other by respect but to the best of yor Consions deliuer in yot verdict
   according to yor Evidence so help yow God.

       The Jurys Verdict
    The Juriors finde for the plantiff the sum of fifteene hundred
   pounds of Tobb wth Costs of sute & soe wee say all
                            vincent Atchison foreman

    Upon the verdict of the Jury This Court doth order tht the deft
   doe pay to the plt fifteene hundred pounds of Tobb wth Costs of sute turne over
   else Execucon
    The defendeth desireth an Appeale to the next Proventiall Court
   to be holden for the Province wch the Court doth Grant & doth order
   that dft shall give in security to pay Treble damages in Case he be
   Cast in the sute.