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Somerset County Ss //
By vertue of a precept from under the hand & Seal of m^r James:Round. m^r Nicholas
Cornewell Constable brought before me George Banam & Anne Rice upon Examinacon
the Said Anne being examined, declareth that She being very Conversant at y^e house
of Ellis Coleman, and an observor of their exorbitant liveing, did on the last day of
December last past (according to the best of her memory as to the day) hear the Said
Colman & his Wife upbraid each other with doing of murther, She the Said m^rs Colman
Saying to her husband, I can hang y^w for murther & I can hang y^w replyed Ellis:Colman
to his Wife for murther, Then Ellis further insisted & Said to his Wife, y^w whore
would y^w have me Confesse that I killd a man, Then Said m^rs. Coleman to her husband
it was a Boy, the Said Anne Rich & the Said Banam, further declareth, that they both
being at m^r Colmans on Satterday last, did hear the Said m^rs. Colman Say & Swear y^t
the man by name Darby which Some years agoe lodged at m^r Colmans house, & was
not Seen Since that the Said Darby her husband had Seen in New England a Butcher
this the Said Anne & George doe afirme to be the truth as Wittness their hands
       her
Anne:     Rice
This last day of Jan^ry examined p^r me                                                            marke
Sam^l. Hopkins .                                                                    his
Sworn to the 15^th. March in Open Court p^r Ge: Banam.   Geo:       Banam
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Somerset Ss //   The Deposition of Anthony Jones aged thirty two years or thereabouts
who deposeth & Saith. that m^r Ellis Coleman Came to his house on the twenty third
day of December last and did call this Deponent out of the door, askeing him whe -
he was not an Evidence for John:ffreeman agt him, this Deponent told him noe he
was not Sumoned, then Said m^r Coleman what News doe y^w hear of me, this Deponent
told him that he heard he was in prison upon a Suspicon of murder.  The sd Coleman
made a kind of a Sleighting noise, withall Saying that that man was alive & well
in New England. that indeed he had not Seen him, but that when he came from New
England as he came through Pennsilvania,did call at his Brother Darbys house,
and the Said Darby did tell him that his Brother was alive & well in New England to
the truth of which this Deponent hath hereunto Sett his hand this 31^th day of Jan^ry 1692/3
Anthony  X  Jones
        his marke
Memorandum that the day above mentioned (viz) y^e 31^th day of Janry 1692 Came Anthony
Jones before me & did make Oath to the truth of the above Written  Wittness my hand
James: Round.
The Depon^t. Anthony Jones made Oath in Open Court this
(16) ^th day of March 1692/3 to the (Deposition abovesd?)