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agreed to let him have a Passage and told him that he shou'd sail
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the next day
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in a day or two that
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this Examinant with Intention to go on Board said Ship went to Port Royal, but that
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the said Ship being not there in readyness, and this Examinant having received
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Information that pursuit was making after him, went on Board asleep at Port
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Royal Harbour bound for Port Morant which place this Examinant then
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understood to be in one of the Windward Islands that he carried with him the
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said Trunk with the residue of the said money
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and money
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and he Trusted the same to the care of the Captain
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of said Sleep whilst this Examinant concealed himself
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between the Deck of
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said sleep
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in the Hould of the said Sleep, that some time Afterwards in the same
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Evening this Examinant was taken into Custody on Board the said Sleep by the
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Gunner of the Fort at Port Royal and the said Trunk was delivered by the
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Captain of said Sleep to the said Gunner. And this Examinant Saith, that at the
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time he delivered said Trunk to the care and Charge of said Captain the same was
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Fastned with a Lock but at the time this Examinant said the same at the Gunner's
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Room the Nails that Fastned the lock of said Trunk had been wrenck'd out and
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the Bags of money taken therefrom, And this Examinant saith, that the two Bags of
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money now Produced and Shewn unto him by
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are the Bags of Money
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that were in said Trunk at the Time when he delivered the same to the charge of said Captain
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and also that a Shiped Silk Handkerchief now produced and shewn unto him by the
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said
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is this Examinant's Property, and that the same was in his Trunk
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but that there was no Money Tied in it at the time that said Trunk was delivered to the
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said Captain, And this Examinant saith, that the said Bags of Money now produced
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to him by the said
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were the Bags of Money taken by this Examinant
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and said
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Isaac Hull
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out of the Box Intrusted to this Examinant to be delivered to
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the Nottingham carrier as aforesaid, And further this Examinant saith not
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The above written
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Examination, was taken and acknowledged
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and the above Confess in made and Signed
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by the said
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Thomas Bowers
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freely and voluntarily
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without Compulsion and without Oath the day
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and Year first within written before me}
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G Ford.
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