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F,VEN'iNG EDITiONL

THE COKIT-MARTIAL ON 1
JOHN HENTY.

SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY, OCT. :23.—The sitting
of the Court recommenced this morning at nine o'clock.
The Court was occupied the v;hole day in examining
three witnesses, but their evidence is utterly destitute
of interest. Indeed it would be difficult to point out
any examination of witnesses carried to such a length,
in which so many words were used about nothing, or
next to nothing ; our readers will, therefore, be grateful

for an abstract.
James P. Peake, the first witness called, said—l am
foreman of her Majesty's Dock-yard at Sheerness. I
was early on board the Camperdown after the alarm of
fire was given. I went to the after ladder-way, leading
to the after cockpit. I there hailed " What is the
matter ?" twice, and roceived no answer. I went down
the ladder, and at the foot of it again called out " What
is the matter ?" I received an answer then from Mr.
Henty, whom I could not see, " The ship has been on
fire, but I have put it out ; but the man is still in the
ship, as I heard him fall down the fore ladder." I re-
mained at the foot of the ladder to prevent the people
from coming down, the hatchways being open, and
many of the parties ignorant of that fact. My object
was to prevent accidents. Mr. Henty having said that
the man was still in the ship, I took the precaution to
send trust-worthy men to each hatchway on the lower
deck, with directions to detain any man and every
man whomight come up, and I know from personal know-,
ledge that the order was attended to, as they detained me.
When lights were brought, Hcnty had on his left cheek
What looked like a smut of burnt charcoal, and he
showed me one side of his trowsers, which was satu-
rated with water. He toll me that in carrying the
first bucket of water to the fire he had stumbled, and
the water had gone over him.
Mr. Richmond Easto was next examined, and re-
peated the numerous statements previously made about
the alarm of fire, the smoke, the oakum, the smell of
burning, the matches, and the cock-pit. In answer to
the question, Were you told any tbing by Henty about
the fire ? said, When I arrived in the cockpit he
stated that the place " was quite in a blaze." He then
stated that when he discovered the fire he ran to the
tire-tub and drew a bucket of water. On proceeding
to the midshipmen's berth he fell down with it. He
then gave the alarm of fire. After this, he stated to
use that he had heard a man going through the tier on
the larboard side. He apparently had on hob-nailed
shoes, and he heard him as far as the fore cockpit
ladder, and apparently stumbled either down or over
the ladder. I asked him if he could identify the man,
and he answered, " Yes, I could swear to him." That
is all the conversation I remember to have had with
My. Henty.
Mr. Wiliam Elgecombe was next called—l reside
at Sheerness. I am a general shipping agent, and a
correspondent of the Shipping Gazelle newspaper. I
have seen the prisoner before ; I saw him on the 3d of
October at the dockyard gate, and afterwards at his
house, in High-street, Mill-town.

" Narrate what then occurred:'
The witness requested to be permitted to refer to
certain minutes which h,e had made at the time of the
conversation, which was allowed by the Court to be used
by him. He then proceeded to say that he had some
conversation also with Mr. Henty, which had enabled
him to write an article, containing further particulars,
for the Shipping Gazelle, of which he had made no
minutes. He then proceeded to read from the minutes
of conversation which lie had with Henty, and the ac-
count of the fire given by the prisoner. The details
have already been given in the papers. Having read
the document, the following examination took plike :
Did you observe that his face was injured ?--1 did
not at first, but he called my attention to a mark on
his Fp. I then saw, on the right side of his face—
on the lower lip—a sore place, apparently about a
quarter of an inch in diameter. He told me he
thought he had received it in falling with the bucket.
I told him I had better not put that in the Gazette,
as I knew it would be read by persons in this place,
who would think that I had been making a false report
of injuries which he had received.
Did you make any remark to the prisoner as to the
extent of the fire ?—I did. When he stated to me
t 1 it the flames were up the deck, I inquired in what
,insition the hay was ; whether it hung over the shelf
or was placed on it, and whether it was wholly de-
stroyed or partly so ? He answered that it was not
destroyed at all. I expressed my surprise at the hay
not being burned, if the flames had been as high as the
deck or beam. He then said perhaps the flames were
not quite so high, and stated that it was likely the in-
jury on his face had been received when he threw the
water into the locker, by some of the brimstone fly-
ing out on his face.
Did anything pass between you and Henty respect-
ing his prrnnotion in the service ?—I informed him
that from his having detected tho fire, and put it out, if
he had not obtained the height of his ambition (moaning
the office of carpenter of a first rate, which I supposed
him to bold), he would get some promotion for his act.
He answered he was a carpenter of a first-rate, and
said he was a supernumery carpenter, borne upon
the Ocean's hooks. I then said there was little doubt

that he would get his promotion and appointment to
the Catoperclovn„ He replied, "If they give me my
choice I should prefer the Monarch, as that would be
the same pay." I suggested that no doubt Mr. Baines
and Mr. Peake, having assisted him, they would partici-
pate in the advantages from his act. He answered,
" Oh, no 1. They did not assist me, I put the fire out
myself. No person saw the fire but myself, it being all
out before they arrived."
Did he request you to make any alterations in tha
statement he had made ?—He wished me to insert the
affair of the hay being found in Gregg's house, cor-
responding with that found in the Camperdown. This
was in consequence of my requesting to know whether
he was confident that the hay did correspond. He said
he was not confident, and I had better not insert it.
President—ls the Court to understand that your
only object was to obtain intelligence to publish in the
Gazelle I—Yes.

Cross-examined—l was introduced to Henty by
Lieutenant Wise, Director of Police, for the purpose
of my obtaining intelligence. The paper I have pro-
duced is that which I wrote at Henty's house. I wrote
the whole of it myself. I made some additions to his
statement, but only from the conversations which I
had with him. I made no additions to the memo-
randa. I read my memoranda to the Court precisely
as I wrote it. Being the Correspondent of the
Shipping Gazette, I endeavoured to obtain the best
intormation upon the subject. I saw Lieutenant
Wi,e, who declined to give me any information, but
referred me to Mr. Henty, who just then came in sight.
life introduced me to him, and I walked with him from
the dock-yard to the corner of the wall leading to Blue
Town, during which time I informed him that I was the
corresponding agent of the Shipping Gazette for this
port, and requested he would name the most convenient
time to himself to meet me during the evening. We
arranged that I should go to his house between seven
and eight, which I did, and it was there that I took the
particulars which I have read. The paper which I
read has never been out of my possession. I sent no
part of my memoranda, taken in Mr. Henty's house,
to London. I do not generally preserve notes of this
description ; but this note was laid amongst other
rough paper, and when called upon to produce it, I
found it. It is written partly in pencil, and partly
in ink, for on my visiting Mr. Henty that evening
1 had one of Mordan's pencils, the lead of which
failed. Henty then provided me with ink, and I
wrote with a pen which I took from my pocket. I was
first called upon to produce the paper on Wednesday,
11th October ; when I asked Linty for a rough state-
ment only of the transaction, and I wrote it as he gave
it me. I advised Henty not to make the statement he
gave me like teat he had sent to Sir John Hill. I re.
quested him to be careful not to get himself in trouble
by giving me an exact copy, as all I required would be
the leading facts of the case. My reason for so doing
was the secrecy which had been enjoined upon the of-
ficers of the dockyard in reference to the matter ; and I
feared if a verbatim copy was given, Mr. Henty would
gst into some difficulties in consequence. In making
my memoranda I may have used expressions of my own
instead of those employed by Mr. Henty, but not in
substance. I could not have improved upon his words,
and so altered their sense. I have not omitted
words used by himwhich are substantial. In
speaking of the tlamn as having risen to the deck above
head, he did not say that they " appeared to do so.
His expression was that the fire " was blazing up to the
deck, and it was only at the surprise which I expressed
at the hay net being burned that ho afterwards retracted
and said that they might have peen nearly up to the
deck. The conversation with respect to his promotion
originated with r'e. lam sure that Henty informed me
of Gregg's house having been searched. I inquled of
him whether he was confident that the hay corresponded,
stating if he was not confidentit had better not go be-
fore the public, as it would be such strong evidence
against the man, and I abstained from reporting that
fact. I did not say that I obtained the information upon
this point om the dockyard. I was called upon by
Captain S erintendent Sir .1. Hill on the 14th Octo-
ber, and I was asked whether I had not taken a state-
ment from Mr. Henty for insertion in the Shipping
Gazette. I answered in the affirmative, and was asked
whether I had the document in my possession, and I
said I had not, but thought it likely I could find. it at
the office. I returned to the office, and found it. I
then went into the dock-yard, and read the statement
Oyer as I have now done, commenting on the conversa-
tion held with Mr. Henty at the time.
The Court then adjourned.

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