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To the tenth hee cannot deose.
To the11th … To the tenth hee cannot deose.
To the11th hee cannot depose.
To the 12th hee hath not soe deposed.
To the 13th negatively.
To the rest hee cannot depose.
Repeated before the Judges in Court,
[?X Croock] [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The 8th of November 1655. Examined upon an<br />
allegation given in on the behalfe of the said claimers.
The claime of George Ceely and}<br />
Josua Prigg for 5 ballots of canvas in the}<br />
''Crosse of Jerusalem''.}
'''Cheeke dt.'''
'''Peter Martenson''' of Pommerland in<br />
North-Holland Mariner, Master of<br />
the said shipp the ''Jerusalems crosse''<br />
aged 44 yeares or thereabouts<br />
sworne and examined.
To the 7th article of the said allegation (upon which alone hee is by<br />
direction of the producent examined) and the bill of lading<br />
therein mentioned nowe showed unto him, hee saith and deposeth<br />
that the said bill of lading is one of the three originall bills (all<br />
of one tenour) which hee this deponent signed for the five balots of canvastherein mentioned, and that the subscription of this deponents name<br />
threunto was and is of this deponents owne handwriting. And saith<br />
the contents of the said bill were and are true and soe had and donne<br />
as therein is contained. And otherwise hee cannot depose, there being<br />
noe Invoice produced.
To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first hee saith hee hath bin master of the said shipp ever since<br />
the 28th of January last new stile, and that hee was borne and hath lived allwaies<br />
in Pommerland, and saith hee was aboard the said shipp when shee was<br />
seized, and otherwise negatively.
To the seecond hee cannot depose.
To the third hee answereth negatively for his part and otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose, saving his foregoeing deposition.
To the fourth hee saith hee doth not knowe the producents, and otherwise<br />
cannot answer.
To the fifth hee cannot depose.
To the 6th hee saith hee cannot tell what to say or beleeeve in the matters<br />
interrogate, referring himselfe as aforesaid.
To the 7th hee cannot answer.
To the 8th hee saith it was notorious at the time of the said lading that<br />
there was warr betwixt Spaniard and ffrance, and otherwise hee cannot<br />
depose.
To the 9th hee cannot answer, for hee did not see the canvas in question<br />
the same comming aboard ready made up in the ballots, and hee signed to the<br />
contents upon the laders relation, not knowing the contents as hee hath<br />
underwritten to the said bill.
To the tenth hee cannot depose.
To the last hee cannot depose.
[?XXXXer] martenson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
[?XXXXer] martenson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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