3 o8 HISTORY OF THE [boor iv. 
Obeah-meUy who were both convicted of selling 
their Obeah preparations , which had occasioned 
the death of the parties to whom they had been 
administered; notwithstanding which, the lenity of 
their judges prevailed so far, that they were only 
punished with transportation. To prove the fact, 
two witnesses were deemed necessary, with cor¬ 
roborating circumstances/’ 
