The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 2.

(Before Mr. Sergeant Gaselee.)

THE ROBBERY OF Books FROM THE BRITISH
MUSEUM.—Eugene Plumber Macarthy, 44, a man
of gentlemanly exterior, described in the calendar
as " formerly a soldier," with a superior education,
was indicated for stealing six printed books, the
property of the Trustees of the British Museum.
Mr. Sergeant Parry (specially retained) and Mr.
Poland (instructed by Messrs. Bray and Co., of
Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury) appeared for the
prosecution ; Mr. Ribton (instructed by Mr. Morris,
of Beaufort-buildings, Strand) defended the prisoner.
This was a case of a somewhat extraordinary cha-
racter; and the facts, as detailed by the learned
counsel who conducted the prosecution, appeared to
be as follow :—A short time ago the prisoner was
tried at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of
bigamy, there being two indictments against him.
He pleaded guilty to one of them, and there was no
evidence offered in support of the other, and only a
short term of imprisonment was passed upon him.
At the termination of his sentence he was appre-
hended on the present charge, taken before a ma-
gistrate, and committed for trial. The charge
against the prisoner was for stealing six books from
the British Museum about five years ago, he then
having the privilege of admission as a reader to the
reading-room, but in consequence of tb.e books being
so numerous and valuable, and so many persons ad-
mitted to read them, there was great difficulty in
preventing theft, even with all the care that was
used. It seemed the prisoner obtained tickets of
admission to the building upon the recommendation
of Mr. W. H. Gordon, of Princes-street, Cavendish-
square, on the 22d of July, 1857, upon which day
he attended and signed the book required to be
signed by readers on their first admission. In the
letter of recommendation he was stated to be a
member of the Irish bar, and that he was desirous
of prosecuting some researches into Irish history,
connected with his name and family, having for
some years ceased to practise at the bar, and that
in the interval he had been residing at Toulouse,
with Vicomte de Macarthy, his father, and that his
stay in England would not be protracted. He came
frequently to the reading-room and had the use of
a great number of books and MSS., and it would
seem that on the very day after his first ad-
mission, a book which he had entitled " Chris-
tian Instruction," was missing from the library.
Oa the 2d of June, 1858, he was expelled from
the library for writing on a manuscript, but
on his representing to Mr. Panizzi that he
merely corrected an error, and believed that
he was rendering a service to;future readers, he was
readmitted to the reading-room in the following
month of July. The prisoner represented that he
was collecting materials for biographies of his coun-
trymen engaged in foreign services, and that some
of them had appeared in the Dublin University
Magazine, and it was imp3rtant to a certain degree,
as five or six of the books which the prisoner was
charged with stealing bore upon Irish history and
titles of honour. Three of the books were kept on
shelves in the reading-room, from which readers
were allowed to help themselves, and they were
missed in 1858. The other three required a ticket
to be filled up with the title and reference to the
Museum Catalogue, but it was supposed some fraud
had been perpetrated in respect of the tickets for
these books, so that they should not be produced
against him. Since the prisoner was committed by
the magistrate access had been obtained to his
papers, and amongst them had been found a ticket
upon which he obtained one of the books ; but two
other tickets were not forthcoming. At the August
sessions of the Central Criminal Court the prisoner
was indicted for bigamy, in having married Miss
O'Bryen in 1844, his former wife being then alive.
There was also a second indictment for marrying a
third wife, the other two being alive, and while he
was on bail on these charges he wrote to Mr. Miller,
the solicitor who was acting for Miss O'Bryen, a
letter, requesting that some books which were in
Miss O'Bryen's possession and belonged to him
might be returned to him. When Miss O'Bryen
discovered that she was not his lawful wife, she
ceased to live with him, and the books and papers
were kept in a bag ready to be delivered to the pri-
soner whenever he should apply for them. Upon
the receipt of this letter an examination of the books
and papers was made by Mr. O'Bryen, the brother
of Miss O'Bryen. On August 19 Dr. O'Bryen, her
brother, being at the house in Westbourne-place,
observed on the table two books, the subject of these
proceedings, which he immediately supposed to be-
long to some public library, and on a little further
examination he was led to think that they belonged
to the British Museum. On the same day he took
these books to the British Museum, and having
shown them to Mr. Rye, the assistant keeper of
the printed books, he at once identified them as be-
longing to the Museum Library. Mr. Rye, on the
same day, went to Westbourne-place and made a
further examination, when other books belonging
LU British more rouna ana taentified,
No doubt being entertained that the prisoner had
become unlawfully possessed of the books in ques-
tion, it was determined to institute a prosecution
against him on behalf of the Trustees of the British
Museum, and he was arrested and charged with the
theft, and after being remanded, Mr. Henry com-
mitted him for trial.

Several witnesses having been called to substan-
tiate these facts,
Mr. Ribton rose to address the jury for the pri-
soner, and said the first thing which would be for
their consideration was, did the books in question
belong to the British Museum, and if so were they
removed by the prisoner ? If they were satisfied of
that, the next and most important question they
would have to consider was, were they taken away
by him with an intention of stealing them ? That
was a very important question to consider, for in
point of law the mere taking of an article away
was not stealing, unless at the time of taking it
there was an intention of stealing it, and to deprive
the owner of it altogether. The mere act of ap-
plying the article to his own use was not sufficient,
and unless they were satisfied that there was an
animus furundi they could not find the prisoner
guilty of stealing. Having paid attention to the
facts of the case, he would ask the jury whether
they could safely and conscientiously say, suppos-
ing Mr_ Macarthy took these books from the British
Museum, that he intended to steal them, by per-
manently depriving the trustees of the British Mu-
seum of them, and appropriating them to his own
use. There was every presumption that the prisoner
intended to return the books, for he attended the Bri-
tish Museum for a legitimate and honourable pur-
pose, for he had written an article called the
" O'Byrnes of Wicklow," inserted in the Dublin Uni-
versity Magazine, and sometimes wrote for newspa-
pers and periodicals. He had no intention of felony,
for when he took them ho did so that he might care-
fully peruse them, and though it might be a breach of
the regulations of the Museum to take books away,
that was a very different thing from stealing them.
Having censured the conduct of the O'Bryens in
importing matters which had nothing to do with
the case, he said if the jury had a doubt in the case,
the prisoner was entitled to an acquittal at their
hands, and he trusted the benefit would be cheer-
fully accorded to him.

Mr. Sergeant Gaselee very carefully summed up
:he evidence.

The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, re-
turned a verdict of guilty of stealing.
Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said it was painful to see
a person in the position in life of the prisoner
charged with such an offence, as from his education
he ought to have set an example, and was not ex- !
posed to the same temptations as those they were
in the habit of punishing every day. He could
well understand that the prisoner felt his position,
painfully, but the Court had a public duty to per-
form, and to show that the administration of the
law was equal to high and low, rich and poor, and
as the position in society of the prisoner made his
offence the more heinous, it would be his duty to
pass a severe sentence.
Prisoner—Oh, my lord, I pray you to temper
justice with mercy.
Mr. Sergeant Gaselee said that was the feeling
of the whole bench, but having given the case the
fullest consideration they had come to a conclusion
upon it, and the sentence of the Court was that he
be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for 18
months.
Prisoner--I did not expect so severe a sentence
as that.
The prisoner was then removed to the cell.
indicted Mary Morgan,
awayforn(Before Mr. Pane.
feloniouslyne amm aandG repulsive-lookingo ff,
unlawfully
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owf leadingomteann woman,
yearswana and
of age, with intent thereby deprive
to the guardians
of such a child of its possession.
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The child, an intelliigent little .
girl, was placed
on a seat in the court, and she said that she lived at
45, Drury-lane, with her aunt, and on Saturday
week she
was in Earl-street, Lisle-street, Leicester-
square, when the prisoner came to her and asked
make her some Pape f
her to
, and then said that as for
flowers. She made
sdshhe had been so long
her some,
catch it. She toal
she should
cahe went with her sheer she
elwould not,
and that if she
, frocks, and she wasw inducedoud give her
some nice
wentsilk
to beer-shops to sell lavender,
to go
with her. Sue
at 1 d • lavender,
at night o ging-houses. She
and they slept
containing £2 and a lot of shit-
Pieked up a purse
prisoner gave her a shilling 0 ingB for which the ' e asked for the ch irte-
spend, but at dinner time su
beat her. She a •'' '
cried, and as she had not got it she
• round them, she told
and on so_ e
vn people getting
mother. A police-
themwhat the woman was not her
went with him.
man sent for, and the woman
Hobert to
mighty, police-cons .
table p oved
finding fh
--s child at a beer-shop in Luke-street,

Mile-end Old Town. She was crying, and said the
prisoner had beaten her, and that she had taken
her away from Leicester-square 3n Saturday (it was
then Tuesday). He took prisoner into custody.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and
Mr. Payne sentenced her to twelve months' hard
labour.

Louisa Lyster, 31, was indicted for stealing a
napkin and other articles, and £2 ss. in money, the
property of George Granville and Co., wardrobe
dealers, of 293, Euston-road.
The prisoner was a dressmaker, and evidence was
given that a large number of articles had been ab-
stracted from the premises.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Payne sentenced her to be imprisoned and
kept to hard labour for 12 months.

POLICE INIELLIGEA-CE.—Sept. 2.

MANSION-HOUSE.—George Sutherland, de-
scribed as a seaman, was brought up on a charge of
violently assaulting a police constable.
It appeared from the statement of the complain-
ant, Police-constable John Featherstone, 526, that
be was on duty in Tower-street that morning about
1 o'clock, when the prisoner came behind him, and
without the slightest provocation struck him a vio-
lent blow with his fist on the back of his head,which
threw him forward on his face, and in his fall he
broke the thumb of his left hand and dislocated the
thumb of his right hand. He got up, and the pri-
soner struckhim a blow on the mouth which knocked
a tooth out. He called for assistance, and another
officer came up, and he then became insensible.
Police-constable 563 said he was in Tower-street
when he heard a heavy fall on the pavement, and
on going to see what was the matter, he saw
the last witness lying on the pavement, and the
prisoner, who appeared to have been drinking,
was leaning against a post a few yards off. He
took the prisoner to the station, and on the road he
spat several times in his face.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was
quite a stranger in London. He came from Scot-
land, and got paid off from his ship on the previous
day. He certainly got a little too much to drink,
and was wandering about, not knowing where he
was, when he met the first witness, who asked him
where he was going, and asked him for a drop of
beer. He told him he was going home, and gave
the policeman half-a-crown, and asked for the
change, but he wanted to put the whole of the half-
crown in his pocket, upon which he certainly gave
him a shove, and he fell forward.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

CLERKENWELL—DARING CASE OF GAROT-
TING.--Henry Beaumont, alias Jones, a young but
powerful fellow, whose friends are stated to be very
respectable, was charged before Mr. Barker, on re-
mand, with being concerned, with another man not
in custody, in garotting a young man of the name
of Evans, residing at 78, John-street, Tottenham-
court-road, and stealing his silver watch, in King-
street, Holborn.
Mr. Wakeling watched the case for the prisoner.
The complainant stated that, about a quarter-past
one in the morning, he was going home, and met
the prisoner and his companion at King's-cross.
One of them spoke to him, and in the course of con-
versation they said they should like to have some-
thing to drink. The prisoner said that, although it
was so late, he could get something, and they all
went to a public-house together and partook of some
beer, two pints between the three, and for which
he (prosecutor) paid, When he came out of the
public-house, he turned to go towards King's-cross,
but the prisoner said, "Don't go that way. We
know the place well, as we live on the spot ; but
if you come this way it will cut off the cDrner."
He went some distance with them, when
they caught hold of each of his arms. Imme-
diately afterwards, when in a dark spot, one of
them took hold of him by the throat and nearly
choked him. He could not tell which of them took
him by the throat, but the one who did not touch
him on the throat rifled his' waistcoat pocket and
tore it, and also stole his watch, which he had
not since seen. They then both ran away, but he
could only follow them a short distance, as he, being
nearly strangled, fell insensible, and remained in
that state for some minutes. The men ran in diffe-
rent directions. He had never seen either of them
before.

Police-constable Maynard, 103 E, said about
half-past two in the morning of the 20th he heard
a faint cry of police, and the prisoner came running
towards him from King-street. He was out of
breath, and he stopped him. Before he could speak
to the prisoner, he said, "Do not stop me, I know
nothing of that affair. I have run all the way from
the Haymarket, and want to get to Somers Town,
as lam afraid I shall be locked out." That would
be out of the way from the Haymarket to Somers
Town. He took the prisoner back to the corner of
Warren-street, and found the prosecutor lying on
Lho siouua lu an insenbiblw state. Whou the pro-
secutor recovered he identified the prisoner as one
of the men who had assaulted and robbed him. At
the police-station the prisoner gave a false name,
and refused his address.

William Morley, barman at the Hunter's Arms,
proved seeing the prosecutor, the prisoner, and
another man at his master's house on the morning
of the 20th ult. They had some beer, and then
went away together.
Police-constable Cook, 198 S, produced a copy of
the prisoner's previous conviction, from which it
appeared that he was convicted at the Middlesex
Sessions in 1861, on a charge of felony, and was
then sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with
hard labour in the House of Correction. Since he
has been under remand the friends of the prisoner
have been doing all they can to keep the prosecutor
out of the way, and to prevent him from prosecuting.
The prisoner said he had nothing to say here.
He should reserve his defence for a higher tribunal.
Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoner for trial
on the charge of robbery from the person, with
violence ; he, also, having previously been con-
victed of felony.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Elizabeth Jopling, a
good-looking young woman, a domestic servant,
was charged with robbing her employer, under the
following circumstances :
Mr. Thomas William Edmonds said that he re-
sided at 16, Marchmont-street, St. Pancras, and
was a cowkeeper. The prisoner was his servant,
and lived with him about three weeks. On Sun-
day, the 24th of August, he missed a dress, and
from what his wife told him he, on the following
day, went to the prisoner's box, and found in it the
dress he had missed the day before. The piece of
flannel produced was missed three days after the
prisoner entered his service, and when she was
spoken to about the matter, she said the other ser-
.vant who had left must have taken it. The eight
plates and one dish produced he also found in her
box wrapped in some dresses which did not belong
to him. Before he told her what he had found, he
asked her if she had any of his property in her box,
and she replied in the negative. She entered his
service by means of a false character.
Mr. P. W. Dixon, of 3, Upper Bedford-place, said
the prisoner was in his service before she entered Mr.
*be s
wtiemlleasslie
was
money. with The him
plates he
E missedm on Edmonds'. s' .
several Duringth
things as
and dish produced were his property.
Police-constable Crumber, 159 E, said he took the
prisoner into custody, and when he told her the
charge she asked Mr. Edmonds to forgive her.
The prisoner said she was very sorry for what
she had done, and pleaded for mercy.
Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoner to the
Middlesex Sessions for trial.

A VIOLENT SCENE IN COURT.—DARING AT-
TEMPT 26, an unfortunate female, who, notwithstanding
TO STEAL A WATem—Sarah White, aged
her drunken and dissolute habits, and her having
been several times in prison, still bore traces of once
having been handsome, was charged before Mr.
Barker with attempting to steal a watch and guard
from the person of Mr. Bosley, builder of Argyll-
square, in North-place, Cromer-street, St. Pancras.
As soon as the prisoner was placed in the dock
she became exceedingly violent, and made use of
the most blasphemous expressions. She not only
abused the prosecutor but the officials and the ma-
gistrate, and said if she could get near either of
them she would murder them, remarking that she
might as well be " hung for a sheep as a lamb." So
violent was her conduct that Mr. Mould (the chief
clerk) told her that it would be necessary to have
her removed and the handcuffs placed on her. He
also told her that she was disgracing her sex, and
that those who heard her only looked at her with
scorn; but all to no effect, and it was ultimately
found necessary to remove her. Whilst in the cell
she screamed violently, and when she was a little
quiet it was only to make use of the most horrible
threats and imprecations.
From the evidence of the prosecutor it appeared
that on the previous afternoon he was passing through
North-place to go to his back premises when thepri-
soner came out of one of the brothels and stood in front
of him, and would not let
him pass. It may here
be stated that North-place is full of brothels of the
lowest description, and is in fact a disgrace to the
parish of St. Pancras. It is inhabited by prosti-
tutes and thieves of the
worst description, and
hardly a day passes but that a charge of some kind
or another is brought before the magistrate from
that place. On the prosecutor endeavouring to pass
the prisoner she made a grasp at hill gold guard and
broke it, but fortunately did not succeed in getting
possession of the watch. Il
woulde backed out of the
court, bein afraid that the prisoner's companions
come to her assistance, and be prisoner fol-
lowed, and said she was determined to have his
watch. He managed to get safely away with the
watch in his possession)
'and he then called a police-

THE SUN, LONDON, WIDNESD NY EVENIN`4, SEPTEMBER 3, 1862.

constable and gave her into custody. The constable
had a great deal of trouble in apprehending her ;
for as soon as she saw him coming she ran into one
of the houses and secreted herself.

The police stated that the prisoner was a notorious
character, and had been several times convicted on
charges of drunkenness and felony, and had only
bee-i out of prison a few days, where she had been
confined for twelve months, for stealing a watch.

The prisoner was here brought in to plead, and
again making use of bad language, said she should
reserve her defence as the magistrate and prosecutor
were both pigs.
Mr. Barker said it was melancholy to see a young
woman like the prisoner disgracing herself in such
a manner. He should commit her for trial to the
Middlesex Sessions, and he should direct that her
character might be mentioned to the judge, and that
copies of ber convictions should be produced.
The prisoner was then removed in a frantic rage,
but was afterwards brought back and informed by
Mr. Mould (the chief clerk) that the magistrate
would send her for trial for felony, and not for mis-
demeanour, so that if she were convicted she might
be sentenced to penal servitude instead of to a short
term of imprisonment.
The prisoner, who said she did not care what they
did with her, was then removed.

LAMBETH. DANGEROUS CHARACTERS.
Thomas Edwards and John Hawkins, determined
and desperate looking fellows, were brought up on
remand before Mr. Elliott, on the following charge :
From the evidence it appeared that about two
o'clock one morning last month the prisoners were
observed to be following a gentleman somewhat
the worse for liquor, by two constables, who,
suspecting their object to be to garotte the gentle-
man, kept them in view. They passed and repassed
the gentleman several times, and at the end of
Cold Harbour-lane placed themselves in a darkened
place to ascertain which turning the gentleman
would take. At this point the constables made their
appearance, and one of them addressing the prisoner
Edwards, asked him his business there at such an un-
reasonable hour, and his reply was that he was in
search of his sister ; but when pressed on the sub-
ject, he admitted that his sister had left her home
three years before, and he could not say where she
was to be found. Both prisoners were then taken
into custody, and on their way to the station-house
Edwards dropped a handkerchief, which the con-
stable took up, and in it found a large stone, which
felt perfectly warm, and which it was quite appa-
rent he bad carried in his pocket for some time and
distance.

The prisoners having given false addresses, the
constables in charge of the case were unable to learn
anything about them, but there were officers in
attendance who spoke to the former offences of
Edwards.
Joshua Turner, 45 M, said he had known the
prisoner Edwards for about five years, and was pre-
sent at the Southwark Court when, in September,
1859, he was sentenced to three months' hard labour.
He had the prisoner in custody himself in May,
1860, on a charge of felony, when he was committed
under the Criminal Justices Act to four months, and
was present at a third conviction to three months'
bard labour for being found with a ticket-of-leave
man on board a ship, in the Commercial Docks,
with intent to commit a felony. The man Haw-
kins was not spoken of, but a person more resem-
bling a returned convict could not well be con-
ceived.

Mr. Elliot, in passing sentence, said that there
could be no doubt of the object of the prisoners in
following the gentleman, or of their intention to
rob and perhaps ill-use him, and it was fortunate
that the constables had observed and apprehended
them. He then committed them to three months'
hard labour each in the Wandsworth House of Cor-
rection.

SOUTHWARK.—SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A
RAILWAY PORTER.—John Baker, a porter in the
employ of the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway Company, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Burcham charged with stealing a purse containing a
£5 Bank of England note, two sovereigns, and some
memorandums, the property of Mrs. Hannah Felton,
at the terminus, London-bridge.
Mr. Carpenter, the superintendent of the com-
pany's police, said that the charge was one of a seri-
ous nature against the prisoner, who had been a
porter of the railway upwards of twelve months,
and until the present transaction bore a good cha-
racter. A few days ago a lady came to the termi-
nus for the purpose of proceeding to Croydon. She
had with her a basket of eggs, and by some means
they got broken on the platform. The lady applied
to one of the porters to clean her basket, and it was
believed that the purse she then held in her hand
must have dropped into it, as she missed it as soon
as the porter took the basket away to clean it.
The lady on the return of the latter asked him if
he had seen her purse in the basket, or whether he
law picked it up. The porter denied ever having
seen it. Information was then given to the autho-
rities, and the number of the note was reported
at the Bank of England, the result of which
was that it was traced to the prisoner, who had given
it to his wife, her name and address being on the
back of it. Witness then went to the prisoner and
asked him if he recollected cleaning a lady's basket
of broken eggs at the terminus. He denied having
done so on any occasion. Witness then told him that
a lady had pointed him out as the party who did
it, and that he had stolen the lady's purse contain-
ing a £5 note, two sovereigns, and some memoran-
dums. He declared that was all false also, and
when told that the lost £5 note had been traced to
his wife, he said that he knew nothing at all about
it ; that if his wife had changed a noe she must
have had it from her friends, as she frequently re-
ceived notes from them. Witness told him that the
lady positively swore that he was the porter who
had cleaned her basket, and as the note had been
traced to him he should take him into custody.
When the charge was entered and read over to him
at the station-house, he admitted that he had picked
up the purse, and foolishly converted the money to
his own use, and that he gave the £5 note to his
wife. Witness here asked for a remand for the
production of the prosecutrix, who was in the
country, and the clerk from the Bank of England.
The prisoner, who declined saying anything in
defence, was remanded until Monday.

A FOREIGN THIEF AT A RAILWAY STATION.—A
fashionably-dressed Gorman, who gave the name
of Ernest Hegins, was charged with stealing a port-
manteau, containing valuable property, from the
terminus of the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway, I ondon-bridge.

Mr. Carpenter said that as a train was prepar-
ing to start for Brighton, about 11 o'clock on the
previous morning, he saw the prisoner on the plat-
form looking about in rather a suspicious manner.
Witness watched him and saw him take up a large
portmanteau and pass through the first-class book-
ing-office to the entrance of the station. He called
a cab, got into it with the portmanteau, and was
about to drive off with it, when witness stopped him
and asked him whose portmanteau he had got with
him. He replied it was his own, but when
tell, neither
al
what marks were upon it he cAould
"down"not label had
had he the key with him.
recently been fired to the portmanteau, and it bore
the following large letters on the top—" F. G. B."
Witness handed him over to the custody of Inspec-
tor Richards, ,while he telegraphed to Brighton,
and then he ascertained that the portmanteau be-
longed to Mr. F. G. Bishop, of the Geological Sur-
vey, who went by the train to Brighton. Witness
therefore asked for a remand to enable that gentle-
man to attend.

The prisoner here, in very good English, said he
had come over with friends to see the Exhibition,
and that the portmanteau belonged to him.
Mr. Carpenter informed his worship that he had
opened the portmanteau, and there mere documents
in it belonging to Mr. Bishop. Witness believed
that the prisoner was connected with a gang of
foreign thieves infesting the metropolitan railways.
Mr. Burnham also remanded him until Monday
next.

THAMES.—MUTINOUS SEAMEN.—Five African
seamen appeared before Mr. Woolrych, to an-
swer a charge of mutinous conduct and neglect
of duty preferred against them by Capt. J.
Gavine, the master of the ship Elizabeth, now lying
in Limekiln-dock, Limehouse.
It appeared, from the statement of complainant,
that the Elizabeth was to sail on Saturday next with
Government stores for the River Gambia, and that
he brought the five Africans from Bathurst,
under articles of agreement. They behaved very
well at sea, but since they had been in the port of
London they had been disobedient and neglectful.
`They worked just when they pleased in total dis-
regard of the requirements of the ship
and remained
. Sometimes
they went on shore in the morning,
till dinner time. They demanded money, though
none was due to them, and then asked for their dis-
charges, although their voyage did not terminate
till they returned to Africa. One of the men was
troubled with a slight cough last Friday. He pre-
tended to be sick, and laid himself " in his berth.
He remonstrated with him, and told him people in
England did not lay up with slight coughs: and that
he had a severe one himself, but attended to his
business notwithstanding.
Mr. Woolrych_which is the man who had the
cough ?

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Capt. G"ine—The first one. The complainant
pointed to a tall, sleek, and powerful African.
Mr. I oolrych What is his name ?
Cant
14 . -,..,--G
avine_Napoleonßuonaparte. (Laughter.)
Mr. 1r oolrych—Now, Mr. Napoleon Buonaparte,
what say you to this r
The African seaman delivered himself in ahiost