The National Register.
London, England, 1814-07-03 00:00:00

JULY 3.

Ae Admiralty Session was held on Friday at the Old Bailey, for the
ilial of ofleuces committed on the High Seas, within the juoisilictioe
of the Admiralty of England, before Sir W. Send, the Judges 1,,
lii:11 sued Dampit and a Bench of Civilians.
Pa B adolemeo was tried on en indictment charging hint
Stith the wilfoil murder of Dlin Khoo. The Pri-oner and the di -
cea ed were It.,liho prisoners of war on board the San Antonia, in
Fort-wont!: harbour. A einarrel which ended in blows, took p 1
in consegeence of the prisoner navine, owed the deceased foar lima.,
which he conld not pay. The deceased attempted to snatch some
of his provi•ions, which led to the Minty ; atter exchanging Mows
they wet' parted, and the deceased hod been ten or twelve minutes
from the lower deck, and on his return the prisoner got behind tutu
and stabbed him in the thigh, and thick part of the hip. This wa-
en the of March, and fever having followed, the deceased died
of ;mortification on the Itith of April. The Judge lett it to the
Jury to say whether there was a sufficient time for heat to sub.:ide,
if so it was murder, and if not manslaughter.—Verdict,
moths noprisonment.
11. \e% Sinot, Captain, of a transport, was indicted for the
villa! murder of Chalks Freemae, by a series of cite:hies, between
Bern-Aida and the Irish coast.
Leta appeared by the testimony of three witnesses first examined,
that the vessel was blown ont of Bermuda before she had got her
stock of provisions on board, and, consegneetly, the crew were on
sk allowance. A week arm the vessel was at sea, the deceased, ,
who %, as an American, was accursed by the Captain of stealing pro•
vi .ions, met aitleough he denied it, lie was tied to the water-cask and
1i0z.,,,ed, receiving from three to five dozen lashes with nettles (ropes
thicker than a cot-dente-tails), in the course of half an hour. At in-
tervals, the Captain, who flogged, rubbed the sore part with vine-
gar and rum. The deceased was then sent aloft to hand the fore-
tep-gallant-sail. and was afterwards confined under the forecastle.
The prisoner next gave the deceased a blow with a crow-bar and
knocked him down. These cruelties were continued by again con-
fining the deceased tut a sort of gallows, erected upon, deck, when
he struck him again vita the crow-bar, and th sired one of the crew
to fetch a prayer-book. A dead-light was ordered to be brought.
and the poisoner asked of the crew if they did not think the de-
ceased would kill him if he bad it in his power: The boy Was next
lashed down to some spars on the deck, for twelve hours, and atter
that put again in confinement in the forecastle, with his arms pinion-
ed. On passim," the Newroandland Bank the deceased was faster ed
to the rigging for several hunts, from twelve at night ; it was at this
time cold and hazy weather. The boy was continually •flogged,
and on one occasion. he complained of being chilly, and asked for
cold water. The prisoner repeated his cruelties by striking the
boy with a handspike, and subjecting him to evety punishment until
be died. There was no *Awl:teen on board, uor did any one examine
the body of the decease&
On eros,-examination of the witnessess by Messrs. Alley and Gur-
ney, they denied that there w; s any intention to mutiny, or to
carry the slip into an American p'rt. The crew were nine in num-
ber, and the Captain and mate were the only Englishmen. The
boatswain did not go so far, with us:slit:l to the cruelties of the
pt isoner, and muter all the eiremnstances of cold and limited diet,
there was no proof that the deceased had died by the cruelties itk
glinted on him.—Aecritted,