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On the 21th day of June 1655.
Slany and C … On the 21th day of June 1655.
Slany and Chappell against}<br />
Stanliffe. Budd Smith}
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'''John Peirse''' of Saint Olaves in Hartstreete<br />
London Wine=Cooper, where he hath<br />
lived about nine yeares last past, a<br />
wittnes produced and sworne on the behalfe<br />
of the said Slany and Chappell, and being<br />
examined he deposeth and saith as followeth<br />
videlicet.
To the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth articles<br />
of the sayd Libell he cannot depose
To the seventh. eighth and ninth articles of the sayd Libell he<br />
deposeth and saith that he the deponent being by trade a<br />
Wine Cooper was employed by the said Slany and Chappell in<br />
the Cooperage of the goods which were brought ashoare from<br />
aboard the shipp the ''George'' of London Libellate, And by that<br />
reason he came to know very well that (he being present when<br />
the barrells of Ratsins Solis belonging to the said producents<br />
were taken out of the arlate Lighter the ''ffrench Lighter'') about<br />
fifty barrells of the sayd Raysins were much damnifyed by<br />
receiving of wett in the sayd Lighter, and that the said<br />
wett and damage unto the said Raysins did come by the badnes<br />
of the said Lighter for that the outside of the sayd barrells were of this deponents<br />
sight and knowledge wett at their taking and delivering out of<br />
the arlate ''ffrench Lighter'', and that alsoe he the deponent<br />
tasted some of the said damaged raisens Solis, and by his tast found<br />
the damage to be by freshwater, And further to the sayd articles<br />
he cannot depose Saving that about two or three dayes<br />
after the taking up of the said goods this deponent did see the<br />
said Lighter in repayring in the River of Thames, And Saving<br />
That he this deponent was present when Mr Slany one of the<br />
producents did tender the said dammaged goods unto the master of<br />
the said Lighter at his house in Southwarke at the same rates he sold<br />
the un=damaged goods, and the said Mr did not at all deny the said<br />
goods being dammaged in and by the sayd Lighter./
To the tenth article he deposeth and saith that the arlate Slany<br />
and Chappell did receive great losse by their said goods being<br />
damnified, which was valued by [?XXXX] And further he<br />
cannot depose
To the sleaventh he saith that the said damage unto the said goods<br />
did happen and come from and by the insufficiency of the<br />
Lighter arlate, for that there was then noe foule weather whereby<br />
the said damage could happen And further he deposeth not.
To the 12th 13th and 14th articles he referreth himself to the [?Lawe]<br />
and the Registry of this Court And further he cannot<br />
answeare
To the last he saith his preceeding deposition is true./
To the Interrogatoryes [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he commeth to testify<br />
at the request of the producents, and that it will be neither<br />
proffitt nor losse to him this Respondent, which [?XXX XXXX GUTTER]<br />
this cause [?XXXX] And to the rest negatively.
Tose [?XXXX] And to the rest negatively.
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