ARTICLES DE PERIN ET CAETEBET

8. — '^ John Aubin depoeeth and saith that he '^ knoweth not of any complaint made unto the said '^ Baillîf of the 8aid robbery, but that witbin a litUe '^ while after, diligent search was made through the " Me."

9. — ^' Anthoine Payn deposeth and saith that he ^' knoweth not of any complaint made unto the said '^ Baillif, or of any default in him, for that he was sick " in his bed when the robbery was committed."

Rapport des Commissaire& Item, ^^ to the eleyenth, '^ that upon the said robbery, hue and cry was duely " levied and there was no de&ult in the said Bailli^ '^ for the said La. Mallet, being the party robbed, '^ produced a wittnesse on the said Flaintiff*s behalfe " and ail the rest of the déponents, which we hâve " likewise certifyed, doe clear the said George Poulet."

On faisoit icy une grande réflexion sur la conduite du Baillif^ et l'on dit que les témoins le justifient: Cependant il ne se trouve point qu'il en ait demandé ni qu'on lui en ait &it Êiire réparation aucune.

12. — '^ The said Gommissioners shall examine and " certifie their Lordshipps ail such wrongs as shall be '^ presented unto them to be done to the said An- '^ thony and Oeorge to any person within the said " Isle, against the priviledges thereof^ for seeing that " the Commissioners shall take bonds of the parties ^' that shall offer any complaint, that if the complaint " shall not be found true, that the complainants shall '^ make recompense unto the said parties, as the C!om« ^' missioners shall assese, or repaire to the Lotdsof the '' Councell to receive due punishment"

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13. — ^* That such persons that do iavor the said ^^ Anthony and George Poulet within the said Isle, '' and being malidous persons to Perin and Carteret ^ shall, npon their corporall oath that they stand in ' ** feare of their lives, be bound to peace,"

Rapport des Commissaires. Item, ^to the 12th *' and 13th Artides for onr better service and dis- ^^ charge of our duties, we caused three Publick ^* Proclamations to be made, two of which were two ^^ severall markett days, and the other at an other ^^ day after in the greatest assembly of people, to this ^^ efifect, that if any would informe us against the '* Captain and Baillif, or any her Majestie's Qfficers ^^ of the said Isle, npon and according to the contents '' of the said 12th and 13th Articles, they should be ^ heard. ^Vhereupon some petiçons containing sim- ** drie greefes were preferred, but they ail refased to ^^ enter into bonds according to the Article, ail which '^ complaints spedally tended to the enfeebling of her '* Majestie's prérogative, there and the cutting off the ^' dnties due in respect of the Gastle and her Majes* ^* tie's garrison there, which seemed to us to be sett ^ on foot by the incitation of the said Carteret, the '' plaintiffe, and his secret complices, as well to take *^ advantage of the opportunitie offered, as make the *^ wrong more generall, thereby to encrease the num- ^^ ber of the complainants : never the lesse, we ^^ emtered into the opmi hearing of them, a part upon ** the hearing pre«ently, and the rest at our last ge- *' nerall assembly of the States, ressembling our Par- '' lioment of Englând, wero fiiUy satiisfyed.