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To the twelth, thirteenth and fiurteenth a … To the twelth, thirteenth and fiurteenth articles to the<br />
law and Registry of this Court And further he cannot<br />
depose.<br />
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<br />
at the iuyust request of the producent and Steevens the Master<br />
of the shipp the ''George'' of London, and that it will be neither<br />
advantage or preiudice to him if the producents be overthrowne<br />
And to the rest he answereth negatively.
To the second Interrogatory he answereth that he knoweth not any lighter<br />
called the ''Margaret'', but he answereth that he never saw the<br />
Lighter that carryed the said barrells of Raysons from<br />
the shipp the ''George'' of London unto ffreshwharfe before such<br />
time she came to the said shipps side for that purpose, and<br />
that she then seemd a tight and sufficient Lighter, and<br />
that she did not recveive any water in her at that time<br />
And further he cannot answeare.
To the third Interrogatory he answereth that the said Lighter did bring<br />
the said goods to ffreshwharfe safe and undammaged, and that<br />
the said goods remayned there in her safe and dry two<br />
dayes and two nights before they received any wett, and he<br />
answereth that if there be noe custome or usage to the contrary that the<br />
goods nust remayne some certaine time in the Lighter before their being putt<br />
on shoare, that then some of the said goods might have bin<br />
discharged (if the Owners had taken care to have it done) before the<br />
dammage happened to the said goods And further he cannott answeare,.
To the fourth he answereth that the said shioo was somewhhat<br />
leaky when she lay at anchor by Lymehouse, but that the<br />
goods in question were at their unlading out of the said shipp<br />
dry and well conditioned And otherwise he cannot answeare,.
To the fifth Interrogatory he answereth that the first men that were<br />
imployed in unlading the said goods out of the Lighter were<br />
Oorters imployed in that purpose by the Owners, And<br />
to the rest of the said Interrogatory he answereth negatively.
To the sixth Interrogatory he answereth that some of the Lightermen<br />
did come morning and evening and did pumpe the said Lighter<br />
and that yet notwithstanding betwixt 10 at night and 6 of the<br />
clock the next morning being a ffriday morning she tooke in<br />
soe much water as did the damage to the goods And further he<br />
cannot answeare.
To the seaventh Interrogatory he cannot certainly answeare./
To the eight Interrogatory he answereth that he was in the shipp interrate<br />
when the Lighter came to receive the said goods, and that he went<br />
in her (as he hath predeposed) with the said Lighters Company to<br />
ffreshwharfe, And further he knoweth not to answeare.
To the ninth Interrogatory he answereth that he did observe that the barrells<br />
of Raisins in question were all qwell conditioned at the time<br />
they were unladen out of the shipp and putt into the Lighter, and he<br />
saith that they had severall marks, but he saith he remembreth<br />
not with what marke they were marked, nor the certaine number<br />
of them, And to the rest of the said Interrogatoryes he knoweth not<br />
to answeare,
Repeated before doctor Clerke.
John Salt[]?er] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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John Salt[]?er] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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