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4 The Counel for the King,, Eq; Recorder of the City of York, and , of the Inner-Temple, Eq having open’d the Nature of the Indictment, proceeded to the Examination of Witnees, as follows, viz.

Thomas Creey (the Owner of the Mare.)

Counel. Where do you live?

Creaey. At Heckington, in the County of Lincoln

Coun. Pray, Sir, had you a Mare and a Foal?

Crea. Yes.

Coun. Where did they go or feed?

Crea. Upon Heckington Common.

Coun. When did you firt mis them?

Crea. Upon a Thuday Morning I was enquiring for them, and they could not be found.

Coun. What Day of the Month do you think it might happen?

Crea. Upon the 18th or 19th Day of Augut.

Coun. What Month?

Crea. The Month of Augut lat.

Coun. You ay you mied them on Thurday the 18th or 19th of August lat; pray then, Sir, when did you ee them lat?

Crea. The Day next before I lot them.

Coun. When you then mied your Mare and Foal, what did you do in order to get Intelligence about them?

Crea. I hired Men and Hores, and rode forty Miles round about us, to hear of them, and got them cry’d in all the Market-Towns about us.

Coun. How long was it before you knew of the Mare and Foal, or who told you of them? Crea.