Kent County Court Proceedings, 1656-1662.  89

   The sd Deare was Demanded whether he cut the cares & face of & he Liber B
   sd no but he Thought The Dogges had eaten them of/
                                   Ann   Murell

     The Depossetion of John salter saith
     That somtime in the mounth Desembr yor Deponant was at kent
   house with mr Bradnox: And The sd mr Bradnox Did demand of
   gregories wife what Cattell John Deare had kild: And she replied
   A bull & A Cow There weare The hieds: soe we went And lookt
   vpon Them The Cow hied had John Deares pper Marke with The
   fase & hornes to The hied The bull hied The hornes cares & fase
   weare Cutt away: And when we did se John we Demanded of him
   where The cares & face of That bull as That he had kild: And he
   are They not on the hied And we no: Then he sd the dogges had
   eat Them                        Jo Salters
                                       signe
     Henery Clay sworne saith
     That About the 20th of the Mounth Desembr yor Deponant was
   with Mt Bradnox at kent house which when we ware Corning whom
   About The place That Peopell vsse to stand for Deare when any
   Driues The neckes And mr Bradnox Askt John salter what The
   Dogges had gott: and salter sd That he Thought it was A peece of
   Deares Bulls hied: And yor Deponant went And lookt vpon it And
   There he saw A fase of a Beast which had not ben long kild & Cut
   of And he That had Cutt it of Cut the hied Close to The homes
   vnder neath/                 hen   Clays signe

     John Ereckson sworne sayeth
     That About The 21th of The Mounth Desemb being sunday: John
   Deare Came vnto yor Deponants house in The night without his
   Coot And yor Deponant Askt him what was The matter suer you
   haue kild somthing or other And he partly Denied it at first but yot
   Deponant did Aske him Agayne: And Then he sd he had kild A
   great lusty barrow but he Did not know whose it was: And yor
   Deponant Askt him what he would doe with it: And Deare Answerd
   That he Did not know whether he had best Carry to greens or to yot
   Deponants house: And yot Deponant sd That the would hilpe him to
   Carry it soc we both brought him Vnto yot Deponants house: for
   he That he was A frayed to Carry him to greens for feare The
   sheriffe should seaze on him: soc After the sd hogg was Drest he
   gaue yor Deponant the head: And The hogg was Markt with A
   Croop on both cares & A hooll in etch with A peece Cut out vnder
   The left care: And when yot Deponant Askt him whose hogg it was
   he That he had most Right vnto him And farther saith Not
                                    John Ereckson