The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-01 00:00:00

6.Vi INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

RT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Prim sittings et Westminster.—Ohfcn
4 Chief Justice sod • fittseisi Jory.)
OM V. cornea.-1113 ILIMAXDOAL
tar baiting of this case, Which We. w iodictroses
'sin Corbett ander the Foreign Faliateseet Ave,
and enticing Engli!kenbjeote to enlist ie the

was Ara-led this monolog.
,;eral, Mr. Gifford, Q.C., and Mr. Hix,
the crown; Mr. Edward Jamey Q.C.,
1, Mr. Kempley, Mr. Sleigh, eau lr:
ic the defendant.
for the crown were this morning replied
Ememan, the chid ma* told them on the
eel was sold—that was the day they got
They did not dins that day in the fee.
re the chief mats said he told the
meo dined that day in the forecastle,
who dined io the forecastle waa Joki
be mid he did not bear the chief mate sty
had been sold.
inspector of the Thames Police, aim_
at the Wapping station. He 0610 e
ed for me. He said the owners
him without fsrthing, aod tbat
Je names police court to get complus.
said the owners had thrown him destitute ois
dbe asked use if he could oto the The
reasu
%sideline, and 1 replied thagt he moll no d

.mined—l arrested Captain Coibstt and I ban
se of the case. I have probably seen the vit-
a many omissions. I have seen the wltosews
sixty times so tmey were going to watt
swear that I have not spoken to them &bra

Jansen said that, as the jury intimated yes.
heir minds were made up, he had no wiehg)
a in summing up the CY% if their opinion ims
tuned from what they mid on that imemica.
said they wished the one to go as.
raid James then said that if the ease was a
to their sataisettoo, it wee their duty to say k.
esitatiou and acquit the defendant. He ought Deg
rioted unless open the clearest and most distinct
and he asked them whether the defendant had
use expressions which had been thy
mu to induce the men to join thifirlitnan.
That he made use of some words Ira
all question. The defendant wsa not called
we negatively that the words were not used, beg
in to make ut the case. On thin °malaria. Pew.
acs had been called for the defendant, and
m
them witnesses who if the Shenandoah had net pm
rerpool he should not have been able
and they bad distinctly sworn that the
did not use the words of enoornagesssat
n to induce the men to join that ship They
involved in the trannectir with raged to it

and bad nothing to pin or lose by the asak sed
perfectly independent and important wheelera
therefore no reason to doubt the truth cd their
The aoenrecy of the reoollectioa of these men sp.
al& to the witnesem for the crown, sod besides
had DO opportunity, like the moon with.
sing their memory, and if they had not they shod
me position as to the oorreetnen of their memory
itnemes for the crown. Oue, however, had had hie
, refreshed, and his attentiou drawn to the at.
from mailing at Melbourne an amount of the
_

against Captain Corbett at the pollee-adios.
'Rideau as to the sale of the vessel on the lath
contradicted by the witnesses wise
morning by the crown, and be relidedsd
tturcorst was the only man on the part of the
who swore to a bucket of gold in tbe cabin,
bee denied by oil the defendant's wit.
it had b
who further added that they did net see
told offered to the men by the Coefederste
One, however, did say be sew a bag of gold
and put on the table, end that it might have
100 sovereigns. There was no consistence, he
he evidence for the prosecution with reg,rd to
the offers of money by the Confederate offices.
all a curious iuvention or story that it de.
be thoroughly, sifted, sod on doing that they
that the majority of the witnesses negatived
being the fact. The defendant's witnesses
negatived most positively the defendant's atlar
h saes end alarge bounty to the men if they joised
adoels, and though different words were used by
_ yin substance agreed with each other, which he
.fitted wee a proof that they were telling the truth,
not repeating • concocted statement. If they bir
ad them Captain Corbett wee not guilty, but if they
td him guilty he submitted they could not do so
tout finding them guilty of perjury. Elliston and Be..
Sella differed as to what the defendant
said
with
- witnesses for the prosecutios, and in subdue*
A the defendant's witnesses. Was it to be said that
nad committed a criminal offence when he merely
the men the optics of joining the ship or going rack
him in the Laurel. Strong pressure wan
ou the men by the Confederate officers, and there was no
bt that they used all the influence it was possible
ippose would influence such men ; and was it
he n pee.
'bat the witnesses for the crown had put t wos
the Confederate officers into the defendant'smouthl
they believe the roan Allen, one of the naval
IC men, that the defendant said he would keep
joining the Shenandoah quiet, and es be made
cement before the counsel et Toenail) different from
he had stated in the box, thee he submitted the
eas was not to be believed. No one could doubt that
prosecution hail been got up fairly end had been me-
pd
in good faith, and it 'moldy reasonable to believe that
crown bad examined theboatewein and the cm:pestered)
'I, if Allem', statement was correct, have corroborate!
That had not been done. If be had been called rale
cabin by Captain Corbett, en be had stated, many wit.
sea could have been called in support of hie statement.
was never in the cabin with Captain Corbett, but he wee
Captain Waddell, and he might have mixed up the two
mproperly have put into Capt. Ccabett's mouth whit
Waddell had said to him. if they, however, came to
.onclusion that Capt. Corbett did use the words,
thee
a the question was it cud ill the British dominions—in
era
kis instance on board • British vessel. They bed the
we of Aloott, who said that ten minutes before be gOa On
the vessel be wee ordered to report himself le
Weddell. They had the Laurel, a British
liesweess4
Liverpool with a cargo one is sorry to think
his country, durin the civil war in Anserhe, ts
blockade of the Confederate service. It as
hose who sent then cargoes eadeavoared
sant as possible, and the men who had
, and who were in the Confederate
tbsena"
1 had sworn that they knew nothing of e de,
A the Laurel. They believed they were g g
ag 10
blockade, and service that country to which ra
itsched, and, as they believed, owed allegranee, bot
'so sent them no doubt knew where they Were
la that they were to join the Sea Kus.
no uncommon thing for • man to et
ith sealed orders. It was clear that some see
of the See King when she left the
and it was not unreasonable to weesup that tha
as secret as pouible, bemuse by doing the?
fringing the laws of this country. It was ad
a to aseume in the absence of proof that he hoer it.
x to be • British ship she must be British owned.
Lord Chief Justice—You might put it th's way.
tic= subject bed that mornieg committed moms,
that ship, could he have been hied as within
jurisdiction
sines said he could cot, and he was obliged tof Its
for that strong way of putting it, because i
aye been tried for murder be would have Wm
amenable for minor offences. On the 4th October
Bullock, the Confederate agent at Live
structioes in writing for Allcott to rapist
captain of the Shenandoah, and the win!,
were given to the purser of the Laurel to kcal
nest they got to the Shenandoah, when it yenta no
Alloott, who was then to report himself. WS;
therefore the Shenandoah essentially trensfral7
she left Distend, end the cootractior:i
on the 18th, when she was
al PO.
the defendant The transaction was
sun at noonday ; and what was done after the 1841
done on board a British ship. There was t:
show that Captain Corbett had transgressed
this lend.
Lord Chief Justice said the quation on that poll.
thethert, when the defendant left England, there
ilia logs intention when she was handed over that se.
should be induced to join her,
be Solicitor Gaeta' replied on the whole ma., toti.g,„_
oegly that the crown had made out the sae astos"'"
feat.

CURT OF I
Nid Prins I
Lord Chief do
fez= t'. COI
,er bemiug of
• Corbett
• and eaticir
service, wee
torGetientl,
for the o
yd, Q.c.,
for the
eases for the
that Easearaz
the vessel was
.mars. Thu
where thi
• • other men
witness who
and he said I
1 bed been
ke, isoPoe
min at t
asked
hiss
e to the That
also said the
• , and be askei
his evidence,
amined-1
ge of the
OD 01• DY °°c
silty time!
• t swear that .
ward James
t their mind
them in sums
inflamed Imo
my said they 1
'. ward James
rat to their eat
t hesitation an
• nvicted unbar
and he ask
use expreesi
au to ind
That he
all questio
prove negati
crown to mak
• tutus bad 1
them wanes
Liverpool b
I, and that
• t did not
• *on to led'
en not Meat
rag, and bad
ere perfeeg,
was therefore
nce. The emu
as much to th.
had had no
Tubing their'
a lame poeitio
a witnesses tot
ection rehab
eee, from
• P s'
evideno
not been
recalled this
that Huron
who *wort
t it had bei
who for
gold offered
ye, One, h
out and p
tamed 100 eov
• in the end
gold and the.:
was inch a c
ed
to be thoi
• • that the
being th
negatived
high wages an
Shenandoah,
em they in sub
bmitted was •
d not repeats
red them Capt
and him gull
ithont finding I
• • Sella diff
e other witam
• °firmed the de
man had come
re the men th
ith him in
ut ou the men
oubt that th•
suppose wool
ble that the
• by the Cm
• uld they b
IS men,
is joining th
statement bel
hat he had at
Musa wu to
he proucutia
acted in good I
heerownhadl
could, if Allen
him. That ha
the cabin be C
nukes could
He was never i
with Captain 1
and imironefl
Capt. Madder
the conclusior
came the qua
this instance
duos of Aloof
board the 11
Copt, Width
leaving Limo
not left this
, run the blo
probable tho
keep it as
been called,
at the time I
Oration of tl
sun the bloc
were attache
those who ai
to go, and
It was no
to ODA with
knew the de
country, an
kept it as
were infriz
for them to
In order to
The Lord
an America
on board 01
British jun
Mr. Jam
lordship ft
could have
equally am
Captain B
gave instil
to the aa
Hone were
secret not
banded to
sot thread
before eh
plated c
over to
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