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DUNDEE COURT-MARTIAL RECORDS
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swearing 1 by God,’ or ‘ as God shall judge mee,’ with
other oathes and execrations to that effect.
Hen: Dorney.
Question. Whether to proceede against Corporall
Henry Sparkes, being of another garrison ? Resolved in
the affirmative.
Uppon debate by the testimony of Major Dorney and
others, Henry Sparkes, David Pew and John Humphries
were found guilty of swearing, and theruppon sentenc’t:
To bee gagy’d (sitting uppon the horse) for an hower, with
their faults written uppon their backs, vizte. For swearing.
Wm. Wells call’d in about striking of Capt. Lee, who
hindred him from carrying away of bookes.
Left to Capt. Lee to take his submission.
Francis Mencour of Capt. Fitche’s company in
regiment, inform’d against by Capt. Dawborne, who mett
him with 3 seamen carrying a sayle of a shippe. Seamen’s
names Geo. Maners, Jo. Mason, and Wm. Hamonds,
belonging to Capt. Wheeler, sayes, that they fetch’t itt
out of an house where noe body dwelt. Souldier sayes
that itt was in his Landladyes house. That hee knew
nott that the plunder of the towne was done.
Dismis’t with a sharpe reproof.
DUNDEE. COURT MARTIALL. September 20,1651.
The information of Henry Crosse, corporall to Capt.
Lingwood, against Francis Paulett and Phillip Parker,
souldiers in Coll. Ashfeilde’s regiment, taken upon oath
the 20 day of Sept. 1651.
That upon Wednesday the 17th instant being drinking
with the said 2 souldiers and other company in Mother
Picket’s seller, and, haveing paid his parte of the reckon¬
ing, being goeing forth of the room, the candle was of a
sudden put out, and a souldier rushed upon him and fell
beating of him, wherupon this deponent strugling with