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having told him that he said that he the said Provender Said that he had mett a tall black man in the garret & another time one in the field with his Throat cut and all Bloody; & that he had told the said Mary Franks, that she should never hear anything more from him, because she told Tales.
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William X Tracy
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Sworn in Council
Otho Hamilton Secretary
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Sergeant William Sanders declares That being down at his fishing lines over against Lieut Amhurst's House about an hour after day with John Burrows; that they saw a great smoke whereupon they ran up to high water mark & then they Perceived Lieutenant Amhurst's Stable on Fire, that they made haste to the house, calling out Fire!& that he saw the said Isaac Provender with a Blew Coat on just as he came into the Yard.
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Willm X Sanders
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Sworn in Council
Otho Hamilton Secretary
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John Burrows, Mr Dyson the Storekeepers Servant, Declares That seeing Lieut. Amhurst's stable on fire, he made all the haste he could to the house & out ran Saunders That he came first to the Gate, calling out Fire!& was lett in by the maid Mary Franks, that he saw his Boy Isaac Provender standing in his Shirt in the Kitchen & the Bed Chamber full of Smoke; that he afterwards, when the house was burning, mett him in the Yard & heard him tell some Body; See how merrily the house Burns
John Burrows
Sworn in Council
Otho Hamilton, Secretary
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Isaac Lee a Sutler in the Town of Annapolis Royal Says, that he heard the Boy say while the House was Burning, That he was Sorry he did not turn out the Cow & Calf first.
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Then the Governor desired the Opinion of the Board on the Boy's Confession & the Evidence of the Witnesses, Who all agreed, That the Boy was Guilty of the Execrable fact wherewith he charged himself & was truly the Incendiary.
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Resolved, That Isaac Provender be Remitted back to Prison & William Green sent to the Guard till next meeting and then Adjourned till next day at 10 o'clock.
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