The Prisoners being brought to the Barr by Allard Anthony, Bherifts of New Yorke, This following Indictmt was read, first against Ralph Hal] and then agst Mary his wife, viz'.

The Constable and Overseers of the Towne of Seatallcott, in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island, Do Present for our Soveraigne Lord the King, That Ralph Hall of Seatallcott aforesaid, upon ye 25" day of December ; being Christmas day last, was Twelve Monthes, in the 15" yeare of the Raigne of our Soveraigne Lord, Charles y° Second, by the Grace of God, King

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of England, Scotland, ffrance and Ireland, Defender of the ffaith &c, and severall other dayes and times since that day, by some detestable and wicked Arts, commonly called Witchcraft and Sorcery, did (as is suspected) maliciously.and feloniously, practice and Exercise at the said towne of Seataleott in the East Riding of Yorkshire on Long Island aforesaid, on the Person of George Wood, late of the same place by wc wicked and detestable Arts, the said George Wood (as is suspected) most dangerously and mortally sickned and languished, And not long after by the aforesaid wicked and detestable Arts, the said George Wood (as is likewise suspected) dyed. ~~

Moreover, The Constable and overseers of the said Towne of Seatalcott, in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island aforesaid, do further Present for our Soveraigne Lord the King, That some while after the death of the aforesaid George Wood, The said Ralph Hall did (as is suspected) divers times by yé like wicked and detestable Arts, comonly called Witheraft and Sorcery, Maliciously and feloniously practise and Exercise at the said Towne of Seatalcott, in the East Riding of Yorkshire upon Long Island aforesaid, on the Person of an Infant Childe of Ann Rogers, widdow of ye aforesaid George Wood deceased, by w" wicked and detestable Arts, the said Infant Childe (as is suspected) most dangerously & mortally sickned and languished, and not long after by the said Wicked and detestable Arts (as is likewise suspected) dyed, And so y° said Constable and Overseers do Present, That the said George Wood, and the s¢ Infante s?