owars; which was as I suppose
ground to Powder.

_Quest._ When did you get that powder'd Lead of Essex?

_Ansr:_ I had it of him that Day I went there for six butter Pots,
which my master's son Isaac sent me for.

_Quest._ What did you get that Lead for?

_Answr._ To see if it would melt in our Fire. upon a Dispute
between Tom and I about it; Tom said it would melt, and I told him I
did not believe it would; I carried it home and laid it upon the Wall
Plate in the Blacksmith's shop, and I never moved it afterwards or
thought any Thing about it, 'till it was show'd to me by the Justice.

_Quet._ Do you know that any Part of that Lead you had of Essex or any
Lead like unto it was given to your master or put into his Victuals or
Drink?

_Answr._ I do not.

_Quest._ Do you know of any Proposal made of poisoning your master?

_Answ._ No, I do not, nor ever heard any such Thing proposed by any
Body.

_Quest._ Do you know of any Cushoe nuts being procured for that
Purpose?

_Answr._ No; I have not seen a Cushoe nut since I have been in this
Country.

_Quest._ Do you know of any Copperas or Green stuff being provided for
that Purpose?

_Answr._ No I do not.

_Quest._ What Time on the Saturday before your master dyed was it that
you heard Phoebe ask Phillis, if she had given him enough, and
Phillis said she had, and would stick as close to him as his Shirt to
his Back?

_Answr._ In the afternoon about Dark; and before I went to Boston.

_Quest._ How came you, after you had heard this Talk between Phoebe
and Phillis, to get her sd. Phoebe more Poison?

_Answr._ I did not know what she meant by their Talk, nor who they
meant, by him.

_Quest._ Did you tell Carr that Phoebe sent you for that Poison you
applyed to him for?

_Answr._ She did not tell me it was Poison, but told me to ask Carr
for that Thing he had promised her; he said he knew what it was and
would not send it, 'till he had talked to Quaco, and did not know that
he should send it afterwards; and I said no more to Carr about it.

_Quest._ Did you ever ask Carr at any other Time for Poison?

_Ansr._ No.

_Quest._ Did you never ask him for something to Poison or kill a Dog?

_Answr._ No, not that I know of.

_Quest._ Was you ever bit by a Dog?

_Answr._ No. I never was.

_Quest._ Do you know any Thing more of your master's being poisoned
than you have before related?

_Ansr._ No, I do not.

MARK.

[_Bill of Indictment._]

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