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Transcription

To the twelth, thirteenth and fiurteenth articles to the
law and Registry of this Court And further he cannot
depose.
To the last he saith his former deposition is true.

To the Interrogatoryes. [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he commeth to estify
at the iuyust request of the producent and Steevens the Master
of the shipp the George of London, and that it will be neither
advantage or preiudice to him if the producents be overthrowne
And to the rest he answereth negatively.

To the second Interrogatory he answereth that he knoweth not any lighter
called the Margaret, but he answereth that he never saw the
Lighter that carryed the said barrells of Raysons from
the shipp the George of London unto ffreshwharfe before such
time she came to the said shipps side for that purpose, and
that she then seemd a tight and sufficient Lighter, and
that she did not recveive any water in her at that time
And further he cannot answeare.

To the third Interrogatory he answereth that the said Lighter did bring
the said goods to ffreshwharfe safe and undammaged, and that
the said goods remayned there in her safe and dry two
dayes and two nights before they received any wett, and he
answereth that if there be noe custome or usage to the contrary that the
goods nust remayne some certaine time in the Lighter before their being putt
on shoare, that then some of the said goods might have bin
discharged (if the Owners had taken care to have it done) before the
dammage happened to the said goods And further he cannott answeare,.

To the fourth he answereth that the said shioo was somewhhat
leaky when she lay at anchor by Lymehouse, but that the
goods in question were at their unlading out of the said shipp
dry and well conditioned And otherwise he cannot answeare,.

To the fifth Interrogatory he answereth that the first men that were
imployed in unlading the said goods out of the Lighter were
Oorters imployed in that purpose by the Owners, And
to the rest of the said Interrogatory he answereth negatively.

To the sixth Interrogatory he answereth that some of the Lightermen
did come morning and evening and did pumpe the said Lighter
and that yet notwithstanding betwixt 10 at night and 6 of the
clock the next morning being a ffriday morning she tooke in
soe much water as did the damage to the goods And further he
cannot answeare.

To the seaventh Interrogatory he cannot certainly answeare./

To the eight Interrogatory he answereth that he was in the shipp interrate
when the Lighter came to receive the said goods, and that he went
in her (as he hath predeposed) with the said Lighters Company to
ffreshwharfe, And further he knoweth not to answeare.

To the ninth Interrogatory he answereth that he did observe that the barrells
of Raisins in question were all qwell conditioned at the time
they were unladen out of the shipp and putt into the Lighter, and he
saith that they had severall marks, but he saith he remembreth
not with what marke they were marked, nor the certaine number
of them, And to the rest of the said Interrogatoryes he knoweth not
to answeare,

Repeated before doctor Clerke.

John Salt[]?er] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]

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