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And he further deposeth that notwithstandi … And he further deposeth that notwithstanding the 13 ''li''<br />
layd out by the said Jackson and Company in repayring<br />
the shipp ''Desire'' of the damages which the ''Sisters'' did her<br />
that yet she is soe bad, that she is not fitting to goe<br />
to Sea, for he saith upon every shower of rane neither Master<br />
nore Mate cannot lye in their Cabbins, and that<br />
during the time she was a repayring of her damages she<br />
received by the ''Sisters'' she might have made a voyage, which<br />
had bin worth 20 ''li'' at least to the said Jackson and<br />
Company, which voyage she lost, And further he<br />
cannot depose./
To the last he saith his former deposition is true/
To the Interrogatoryes. [CENTRE HEADING]
To the first Interrogatory he answereth that he commeth to bee a<br />
wittnes at the request of John Jackson the producent that he<br />
was a ffore=Mastman in the voyage interrate, and that he is<br />
payd all his wages for the sayd voyage. And to the rest<br />
he answereth negatively./
To the second Interrogatory he answereth that the shipp the ''desire''<br />
did cast anchor nigh to a place called Prior stone, which is<br />
a good way within the barr of Tinmouth and an usuall<br />
place for shipps to cast anchor there, when they can gett<br />
noe further, and that they had ankored (sic) there for about 24<br />
houres (as he beleiveth) before the dammage happened unto her<br />
by the ''sisters'' And he answereth that he hath by vertue of the<br />
oath that he hath taken layd downe nothing but the truth<br />
in his foregoeing deposition, and now alsoe answereth the truth<br />
and nothing but the truth without any respect to the sayd<br />
shipp the ''Desire'', And further he cannot answeare./
To the third Interrogatory he answereth that before such time as<br />
the shipp the ''Sisters'' did the harme unto the ''Desire'' predeposed<br />
of One Captaine ffuller sayld by asterne the ''Desire'' with his<br />
shipp (the name hee knoweth not) of above 200 Tonn burthen<br />
and that then it was nigh upon high water and he wind<br />
was at South West or at West South West, and that it was<br />
but a little while after that the ''Sisters'' did the damage unto the<br />
''Desire'' that the said Captaine fuller passt by with his said<br />
shipp, And further referring himselfe to his former deposition<br />
he cannot answeare./
To the fourth Interrogatory he answereth That he hath heard that<br />
the shipp the ''Sisters'' interrate did by her violent running<br />
upon the ''Desire'' bilge herselfe upon her owne Anchor<br />
and that therupon she was faine to heave over board some<br />
of her Lading in Sunderland bay, And he answreth that<br />
had he this Rendent been one of the Company of<br />
the ''Sisters'' interrate, and brought upon his oath to declare<br />
by which of the shipps the occasion of the samage was given he<br />
must and would have layd it upon the ''Sisters'', otherwise<br />
he had bin a [?preiudiced] fellow, And further to the sayd<br />
Interrogatory he cannot answeare./
Thomas Jackson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE]are./
Thomas Jackson [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] +
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