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the said Hubbart confessed to this deponen … the said Hubbart confessed to this deponent that hee had gotten and conveyed<br />
out of the said shipp the said barrill of beaver marked ast aforesaid aforesaid<br />
whereas in trueth the same did not belong unto him, and that hee was<br />
sorry that hee had ever midled with it, sayeing that at first he had no<br />
intention soe to have done, but in regard hee had proceeded so farr<br />
he must endeavour to maintaine it as farr as hee could or words to that<br />
or the like effect. And further to this article hee cannot depose, saving that
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To the 10th Article of the said Allegation hee deposeth and saith, That during<br />
the said shipps voiage as aforesayd, the said Gabriel Price in this deponents hearing<br />
affirmed that there was onely one barrill of beaver laden aboard the said<br />
shipp which hee declared to bee the barrill of beaver aforesayd and marked and numbred<br />
at is predeposed, at this ˹deponent˺ observed the said marke and number in the said boatswaines<br />
booke, And otherwise saving his foregoing deposition hee saith hee cannot depose
To the 12th article hee saith, that since both before and since the beginning<br />
of this suite concerning the barrill of beaver in Controversie the said Robert<br />
Hubart hath severall times desired this deponent to be silent and not to<br />
discover what hee knew concerning the taking or conveying away, or the<br />
plott or contrivance about the imbeazeling and carrying away of the same, for that<br />
it would bee his the said Hubbarts undoing if the trueth of the matter<br />
and transactions concerning the same cannot to be discovered and knowne, And<br />
the said Hubbart also declared, as aforesayd, to this deponent that the said barrill<br />
of beaver did not at all belong to him the said Hubbart, and that hee was<br />
sorry hee had so farr engaged himselfe about it, or words to that or that<br />
like effect. And further cannot depose./
To the 14th hee saith, That for the reasons by him this deponent formerly declareed<br />
hee dooth not know now beleeve that the said John Cutting master of<br />
the said shipp did ˹at Boston aforesayd˺ signe any bill or bills of lading to the said Robert<br />
Hubbart for the said barrill of beaver marked as aforesayd, but that the<br />
signing of such bill or bills to the said Hubbart was plotted and contrived at<br />
sea between the said Hubbart and the said Boatswaine as predeposed in<br />
And saith the said shipp Johns Adventure departed from and out of the<br />
said Port of Boston upon the nineteenth day of December 1655.. and<br />
sailed the same day to Nantaskett about three leagues from Boston, soe<br />
that neither the said shipp nor her said Master, nor the said Hubbart<br />
were at or neere Boston the 20th day of December: arlate, which hee<br />
well knoweth for that this deponent was then in and served abroad the said<br />
shipp. And further cannot depose./
To the 16th article hee saith, that this deponent since the said shipps arrivall<br />
hath heard the said Robert Hubbart acknowledge that hee had perused<br />
his bill or bills of lading for the said barrill of beaver and other<br />
goods to be signed by the said Master aboard the said shipp whilst<br />
shee was at sea in her Course for London at aforesaid. And further cannot depose:./
To the rest hee is not examined by the producents direction,/
Tho: Jenner [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]
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The same day examined upon the said Allegation [CENTRE HEADING]
'''2.us/'''
'''Thomas Glover''' of the parish of Aldermanburie<br />
London aged 29. years or thereabouts a Wittnes sworne<br />
and examined saith at followeth Videlicet./
To the first Article of the said Allegation hee saith, that hee this deponent<br />
hath well knowine the arlate Jacob Sheàfe of Boston in new England<br />
and Henry Ashurst of London Marchants for about three yeares last<br />
past during all which time they the said Sheafe and Ashurst<br />
have had and hold Correspondence together in the way ofhold Correspondence together in the way of +
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