Size of his Not confesses it was under Size &
not Lawful to work wth. all That on coming
ashore ye Deced & Jno. Candrey< no role > Wm. Hobbs Robt
Hobbs< no role > ye younger ye Witness went away by land
to Strand Bridge where they mett wch Jas. Daneson< no role >
after having mett wth. Richd. Wise< no role > who went
wth. them to weaver then Not & the Mob
clmekt Stones into ye Boat but he saw none
of them thaerenintoat any Body That George
Daphon< no role > hired a Boat & Joined them in Order
to recover ye Not in which Boat ye Witness &
ye deced were wth. Jno. Candrey< no role > & Robt Hobbs< no role >
That upon being askt wth. right Ellis had [..] to size
ye Not says he was been informed he had a
deputation from ye water Bailiff but he never
sone any, nor con say whether it be true or false
& that to his knowlege he never saw Ellis
before that day

The. [mark] Mark of
Thos. Hobbs< no role >

Simon Ball< no role > of Strand on ye Green Fisherman
says he Knows nothing of I Fact but hath Known ye.
deced there fourteen or fifteen years That having
beheard ye deced had been in a Fray & being then
at ye Red Lyon at Chiswich he there saw ye deced
at ye Door wth. or Handkercheif abt. his head & his
Left Ann Slung up he then asked him how ye
Affair happened The deced answered he Clamed
nobody but Dish Ellis for that be was ye Man
that knock him down in Boat & afterwards repeated
his Blows & broke his Ann & not with standing he
prayed his Mercey he repeated his Blows wth a
prong Staff says he never saw him afterwards

Simon Ball< no role >