HCA 13/70 f.685v Annotate

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To the 20th and 21th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to the Registrie
of ths Court and further hee cannot depose/

To the 22th saving his foregoeing deposition hee cannot further depose

To the 23th hee saith hee referreth him selfe to his foregoeing deposition
and to the lawe And further cannot depose./

To the 24th hee cannot depose of his knowledge but beleeveth all the
parties arlate are English men and subiects of this Commonwealth and subiect
to the Jurisduction of this Court And further hee cannot depose

To the last hee saith his foregoeing deposition is true/

To the Interrogatories/ [CENTRE HEADING]

To the first hee saith hee was one of the Company of the Imployment
the tyme Interrogate./

To the 2 Interrogatorie hee saith that the shipp Imployment laye moored with her
Anchors crosse the River from Satterday in the afternoone the 29th of September till
next Wednesday at Evening before the damage
in question happened unto her And further hee cannot answere/

To the 3 hee saith the Imployment laye about two shipps length to the
Northwards and towards the bowe of the James and Martin both before and at
the tyme the dammage in question hapned, And saith there was
two other shipps then made fast to each other who lay neere the same place
where the Imployment lay about a shipps length to the Southward and
to the larboard bowe of the Imployment the tyme Interrogate, which two
shipps laye safe without dammage soe farr as this deponent knoweth
or hath heard And further to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere:/

To the 4th hee saith it is usuall for the Masters and companyes of shipps
who come into the River of Thames laden, for the prevention of danger to
moore their shipps with two Anchors, or sometymes more, And
saith the Imployement laye moored soe with two Anchors both before and at the
tyme shee receaved the dammage in question And further hee cannot answere/

To the 5th hee saith hee can positively affirme (for that hee this deponent did looke
and observe at such tyme as the Imployment came first to an Anchor) that there was
noe boy appeared then above water to the Anchor of the James and Martin/

To the 6th hee saith the James and Martin was at an Anchor when the Imploy
ment came first to an anchor neere her, and was then takeing in of pipe staves
or some other ladeing but whether shee was bound, or how long before shee had layne there, hee knoweth
not, And further hee cannot depose./

To the 7th hee saith hee hah heard that boyes and their roapes have
some tymes bin cut and stolne without the knowledge of the Masters and company
of