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ewe, be had the key of die • magarine, and he
would blow the ship up; on which Capt. Brown
seal, be would bring his ship alongside, and make
them behave themselves; on whieli they expressed
a wish that ,he would, Tor .they had gnus, and as
good a crew as ever he had. On this, Capt. Brown
went on board his own voted, and there was no
more of it ; on the nett day, the Prisoner told the
crew they might go on shore if they pleased, and
d—d. Eleven of them went in the long-boat,
and remained ashore five weeks. Whenever the
Consignees of the ship, at I)oiniiiicit; canes on
board, the Prisoner made the ll'itness pretend to
, be sick, and stay below.
Henry Smith, one of the crew, corroborated the
evidence of the surgeon; and aihled, that the Priso-
ner came forward one th.y, and asked the deceased
if he thought he should see Liverpool agairi ? He
said he did ;on which he told 1 • he would take
care he never nhould see it again Williams, the
clerk, who was dead, was gone to hell, and he should
follow him.
Henry Nelson, one of the late crew of the
Apollo, corroborated tbe evidence of the other Wit-
nesses ; and added, that three days before the de-
ceased died, he was lying in the pigstie not able to
get up, when the Prisoner took a handspike and
punched him with it, nut being able to strike him,
the stye being sio low ; the deceased cried out for
mercy, but in JlO Weak a voice he could hardly be
heard; Witness found him dead ; called out to the
Captain, who was on the poop, iuformiler lihn of
it, he said--;-Damn his eyes, throw hint tics:o)o4.l,
what de .1 care?
lVilthaira Berriam, another of the crew, corro-
borated the evidence of the fleet witness ; and add-.
ed, lie received seven letters. by Evans, a marine
on board the Northumberland, from the Prisoner ;
being produced, he identified' them ; being read,
the purport was, the Prisoner firmly assured the
witnesses, he would give them one hundred pounds
on his arrival, if they Would be all of one mind,
and give evidence in his favour, and against the
Doctor, as every paper was lost concenung the
depositions taken at Montserrat; he advised them t 6
escape if possible, nod change their names ; hilt if
they could not, and:were asked about what they
said at Montserrat, tie answer, whut was done there,
was done in a drunken frolic. Ile added, his life
was in their hands, and if they saved hits, he
would reward them generously, more so than they
• eintM expect.—Witness received ir dollars by the
bands of Eeens, from the Prisoner, but would not
accept of it, until it was put into a note that it was
as hart of his wages.
Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY.
Said he wrote two or three letters to the Pri-
soner. Two letters were prodneol to him, as his ;
but he declared, that neither the writing or con-
tents were his. Was ticked to write a line, which
he dill ; it did riot correspond with the letters.—
On Mr. Allev'saaiking, was not the Prisoner some-
times good hunioaresh With the - crew •? He an-
swered, that hie never saw the Prisoner good hie-,
moured in his -life, and that there was not one of
the crew that escaped being flogged.
Samuel Jones, one of the crew, corroborated the
testimony of the fiat witness.
• John Exalts, Marine, deposed, that lie curried
the letters to Berriain and the Doctor.
. . Doctor Powell being wont, said, he would not
sue positively, but if theevidence lie heard was true,
he thought Robert Dunn died by the ill-treatment
of the Prisoner ; sod his mission for giving that
opinion was, that, the lists filmset% et, if believed,
might cause death ut the moment of infliction ;• that
even a man being hung by the heels fisur hours
might cause his immediate death, if not, it would
contribute to 'it., If the beating did nut cause in-
stantaneous sheath; it would lead to it. The want
of footand wanaisaisted bringing °et deaths as tar
as It-. abliwed iirengthy No alietise had bt.e.
diorribed:frout the *atm of his empliiyinent, that
would canoe Iris efsata As to the tremor in his
hand, it could net hems eastee.d his death. If the
evidence was true, his opiikitivi was—(hut ill trete
..1
went caused his death.
Cross-Examined by Mr. GURWSY.
Said the climate was unhealthy, but the deceased
had not been described es sheeted by it.
Surgeon Itainvay, of Bartholomew's Hospital,
being sworn, said, lie was clearly of opinion, ,file
evidence was to be believed, that Hobert Otani
died by a systeutatio rule of ill. treatment ; the
beating with the hand-spike, in particular; he
should suppose the suspending a person by the
heels, as the deceased was described to have been,
for four hours would MUM (With, either by
stupidity or apoplexy.
The Prisoner gave in a written Defence. Mr.
GURNEY, es an apology, said, the Prisoner hall
an impediment in his speech ; that the crew were
always mutinous, and he was 01)lige jj. to use seve-
rities to preserve his own life ; that the Doctor
neglected Iris duty, and had been constantly intoxi-
cated; he was obliged to punish him, which he
never hail forgiven, and urged the people to give
false evidence against him; holding out to thou
that the Prisoner intended to stoptheir wages for
having been absent from the ship, and he trusted
in an impartial Jury for his segniriae
Captain John Bell, late Master of the ship
Hazard, deposed, that his vessel lay itt Nlontserrat
the sante time the Apollo slid ; after the Prisoner
was in gaol he went to see km ; while waiting for
the gaoler, hi: Saw Doctor Scott at the bars of
a window, talking to the other witnesses, who
were confined, and heard him tell thou they need
not be afraid of their wages if they stuck to him,
awl they must be of one story, or they .could
make nothing of him (meaning the Prisoner).—
Hearst some one speak within, Lott could not make
out what he said ; the Doctor replied, we have
got hint fast, however, and I will niuke him repent
flogging me." Wane*, was present at the COVIO of
Inquiry at Montserrat, but did not hear the ll n-
ooses say one word about the sushi-elution of the hey
by the heels. He brought the Primmer and the
IVitnessiee from Montserrat, and delivered them on

hoard the Nuttkametheelaiod.
Cross-Remainest by the SoutetroteGtNEßAL.
Sala he bad the depoNitiosts that were taken at
Moutverrat, to deliver nu board the 11(irthrimber-
In ad ; he lost them, but dial not know how ; they
were in hip vtate,rouni ; the PriNoner had access to
them; the Priacarr euigbt hair been below when
the Witaciu wits.pot; they were not kicked up.
Mr. Daulitfm.blepowed, that he saw the Doctor