The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-09 00:00:00

asked me for a hatchet, and took mine up. He
asked me whose it was. I told him it was mine.
He asked if the captain had one. I said he bad,
but it was not ground, and I told him where it was.
He then took it (witness's hatchet) up, and said he
wanted it to open a box of eggs. I said a chisel and
hammer would be best ; but he said the axe would.
The axe was quite a now one, and had never been
used or sharpened since it was bought. He went
away, and took the axe with him, as I supposed to
open a box of eggs with. In about 15 or 20 minutes
,
atter this the cook brought me the same axe back,
and said, " Here is your axe ; it is all wet." I told
him to put it down anywhere. Soon afterwards the
prisoner came into my room again, and asked me if
I had got my axe, and said," If you are called upon
or asked about it, remember I got the axe to open a
case of eggs with." He then said he had never been
able to ascertain whether the captain was bound to the
Eastward. I asked him what he meant. He said, " In
search of light," and in an excited way added " as a
brother." He left mo then, but came back again
after eight o'clock. The chief mate also came to
me, and said he was hungry. The prisoner said,
" The breakfast is all ready upon the table, if ever
the captain gets up to eat it.' Between half-past
eight and nine the chief mate came to my room.
The second mate and the prisoner were there at the
time. He said, "The captain is snoring like
and all over with blood, • and he and the second
mato went out together. The prisoner said, " Snor-
ing like ' and you (meaning the chief mate)
are the first that have found it out. Keep that in
mind, carpenter." He then loft my room, and the
second mate came running in and said, " The cap-
tain is murdered." I immediately went aft and saw
the captain, who was then dying. The crew were
called aft, and the prisoner was put in irons. I ran
for my hatchet, and showed it to the mate. It had
been washed. I delivered it to him. The captain
expired about ten o'clock.
John Morris (a black man)— I am cook on board
the same vessel, and sailed with her from London
on the 21st. I remember that on Sunday morning,
the 29th, the prisoner came to me in the galley and
said, "Doctor-' (a usual nickname applied to the
cook on beard ship), " you give this axe to the car-
penter, will you ?" and he gave me at the same time
an axe wrapped up in a table-cloth. I said " Why
don't you give it to him yourself ?" He said ho had
not time, as he wanted to lay the breakfast for the
captain when he got up. Ho left me then, and I
took the axe to the carpenter and gave it to him in
the same state that I received it from the prisoner.
Mr. Darker intimated that this was all the evi-
dence he had to offer.
Mr. Corrie (addressing the prisoner)—l have no
jurisdiction to try this case. You are going to be
taken to the United States to be tried there.
Mr. Burnaby (the chief clerk)—You will now be
committed to the House of Detention, where you
will be kept till the American authorities remove
you to New York.
The prisoner was then removed from the court.
It was stated that the axe had been examined
with a microscope, and that human blood and hair
had been found on it, but no evidence to that effect
was tendered.