The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-24 00:00:00

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12.1QUEST.--(TEITS DAY.)
This morning Mr. Raffles %Mew, the
deputy-coroner, rosumed at the Lord Root Taunt, Bleb-
street, Liniehones. the furestigation into the einonnelootos
of the death ofivimsza Garth, wed 19, the dewed
of she ship Martha Pope, who was alleged to bays died from
extrados tontality. The court was crowded.
Mr. Lewis, of Ely - plaos, appeared es behalf of Captain
Randle Stolle.
Mr. Lewis uked that Dr. Giles should be recalled for

Dr. Giles said—Yesterday I attended a second sad mod
elaborate post-mortem examination of the deceased.
What I maw more than confirmed the views I have already
given in evidence. Dr. Edmunds, Dr. Bristow, and myself
made that examination. Deceased had a pleurisy of about
• month's duration. I consider that ft was produced by
exposure. A man might, however, have lived for you,
with the pleurisy.
By. Mr. Lewis—The ship's rolling about when deemed
was in his berth could not have produced the bruise* en
the arms or legs. Throwing himself about in fever would Dot
have produced them. The emaciated state of the body
would not tend to produce apparent bruises, but the re•
verlo.

Louis Lan, • Frisian, the mate of the ship, said that
the deceased was lazy and dirty. He wee punished for net
working at the pump. He was struck with • whip
thicker than • pen, perhaps as thick as • lead His
Could not say how many strips he had. Should say
not ten. It was on the maindeek. Witmer did not see
the captain punish him in the cabin. He lee punished after
that for not pumping. Witeees did not ass him punished
Qs third time -He had been without clothes but
be was not stripped by the captain's ciders.
Witness ones saw deceased's clothes drying in the fore-
coeds, and they were blown away. The sailors gave him
some others. Witness only saw the captain punish him
twice. Witmer punished him with • rope's-end because he
would not come on deck. Witness struck him a few days
afterwards for coming on deck without Somers. That was
without the captain's orders, but the captain wee on deck
at the time. Witmer IVY not sure the captain saw it.
Deceased had wounds on him at that time. The boatswain
struck him in witness's presence several times far ace
working.
A juror said that the character of deoeseed in the tor
book was " very good " for ability and conduct, and that the
captain had declined to give the mate •cheniclier.
By Mr. Lewis—The captain was kind to deceased. H.
placed deceased in his own cabin when ill. That wee four or
five days before he died. The captain personally attendelon
him, and took the blankets off his own bad to make him
warm. Dossed never complained of any illusge by the cap-
tain. The captain said that he prepared nourishing food,
and gave it to deemed in his cabin.
John Hart, a seaman, was called, and said that he saw
deceased struck by the captain twits with a of rattaa,
made of thong no thicker than a pen. ter.) II was as
thick as a lag line. The mate and the boatswain struek him.
He meld to coma on deck without his Swan. He MY not
struck so as to be injured. No one told witnem what to
say. Deceased was not properly ill till four days before he
died. He used then to be fed like a baby. Wilms never
struck deceased after he was ill. (Laughter.) He struck
him in Belize. They bad a fight, and witness got the best
of it. (A laugh.)
By the jury—The captain struck witness and others of
the crew. The captain was very kind to the crew. He was
kind notwithstanding that he struck the mew about, for the
crew were struck when they deserved to be. (A laugh.)
The Coroner thou adjourned the court, several other
juries being waiting.
Mr. Lewis said that Captain Stone would give large bail
for his attendance at the next sitting of the court.
The Coroner—You know well, Mr. Lewis, I have no
power to accept that.
It was then stated that Captain Stone was given into
the custody of a police-sergeant present by the brother
of the deceased.

This, though not unexpected, Gamed the greatest ex-
citement.

The captain was removed in the custody of Sergeant
Bendle.