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witness to Rim against the Doctor, (that was Scott,
the sad giie evidente for hint, the Captain ;
that if he saved his life, he should be grateful for ever,
ofering the witness and all the crew bribes for giving
evidence in his favour ; sending them clothes and
some dollars for the above purpose, &c. &c. assuring
them they were safe, for the depositions were lott,

&c. &c. &c.
These witnesses, in their cross-examination, allowed
that they had all of them been beaten and flogged by
the C..aptain, at different times, that they were con-
ceined in the business of singing the song, which was
represented as mutiny ; and that they had left the ship
on the coast of Africa, under the following circum-
stances ; The Captain obliged the crew to drink the
stinking water of the ship, while he himself dranlethe
fresh water of the country. They complained ; and
he told them, " they should drink that water, and that
he would put poison in it, and then make them drink
it." They replied " they would not stay There to be
poisoned, but would rather go on shore, and die
among the negroes." The Captain said they might
if they pleased,- andeleven of them did actually go on
shore, where they staid some weeks, bat were at
length inddced by the Captain to rettirti...l They ut-
terly denied having ever promised, Mr&sat to sell'
the same story whiCh be did. ' • , :
The next evidence in support of the priiiiiittion was
a number of letters written by the.t..atain, when
under arrest, to the witaess.Benytm. ese letters,
the prisoner confessed, th# life was at 'their
mercy, and, offered.them 1001: each, if they would
swear against the Doctor; he assured them, that if
they would but be of bile mind, the thing would be
ezily done, as the depositions were lost.. He con-
jured them either to get out of the way, and not give
evidence, or else give such evidence as would, clear
him. He promised them, besides this money, that
he would immediately ler them have as much money
and, clothes as he could spare, and•that he would al-
ways be their friend.

One Evans, a marine belonging 'to the Hazard,
proved, that he had delivered those letters, as also
verbal proposals of the same nature ; but that the an-
swer of Benyon, on the part of the crew, was, that
their evidence, should be in his favour, as far
.;is was
just and right, but that they would take no-Moneyi
unless it was expressly stated to be in part payment
of their wages which were due.
Dr. Powell, a physician, and Mr. Ramsden, sur-
geon- of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, were of opinion
that the treatment which had:been described would be
sufficient to cause the death of the deceased, and they
were only surprised that the effect was not more im-
mediate: They would have supposed, that suspen-
sion by the heels for such a length of time as had been
' mentioned, or such violent beatings on the head with'
a handspike, ought to have produced instant death.
The prisoner being called upon for his defence, pur
in a written paper, which stated the prosecution to
have been instigated by Mr. Scott, to gratify his pri-
Vate resentment. Mr. Scott had been frequently
drunk and negligent of his duty to the sick, which
made it necessary for him to punish him. The crew
were turbulent and mutinous ; it was necessary for
him to punish many of them. Eleven of them had
deserted from the ship at one time, and by this act
they knew that they bad forfeited their wages. It was
theft fear of kaing their wages, joined to the privet e
rfvenge of Mr. Scott, which caused that conspiracy ;
and it was impossible for him to find any witnesses to
give a different account of the transactions on board
the Apollo. He acknowledged writing the letters
which had been read. He thought that if the crew
had conspired in a story against him, there- was no
other chance for him but to endeavour to prevail upon
them to give up the business.
Captain Bell, of the Hazard, swore to having heard
Scott call to the other witnesses when in prison, to
stick to the same story with him, and they need not
fear for their wages. It was in his charge the depo-
sitions were given, he could not tell how they wer
lost. They were in his cabin, to which the prisoae
(who was sent home on board his ship) as well as
other passeagers had access.

' Captain Browne,' of the Elizabeth, proved the mu
tinoni expressiems used by the crew on the night h •
.was hailed to by the prisoner on the coast of Africa.
Mr. Dupree, mate of the ship Carteret, swore, that
at a'public house in Montserrat, caned Betty French's,
he had heard Stott speaking to the Other witness a
week before the Captain was arrested,' and that h.
said, " If you stick to the same story with me, we'll
do him."
Mr. Hoskins, Purser of the sloop Challenger, swore
that Scott had confessed to him in Montserrat, that
,the journal to which he swore at Dominica, was en-
tirely false. In excuse, he said he was in great fear
of the prisoner.
Sir S. Lx BLANC thew fully recapitulated all the
evidence to the Jury, and pOinted out the contradic-
tion to Mr. Scott's testimony, both from Mr. Dopree,
and from his own, journal,,which he had already swam
to : if the facts sworn to On the part of the prosecutor
were consideredjse proved, there could be no doubt
but that the crime would amount to murder ;--bat"
then the Jary had to consider whether they could
safely consider those things u proved which came
from witnesses in their circumstances. If the state-
znents they had given were much exaggerated by psi?
vate resentment, perhaps it would be too much to.
conclude that the cruelty was such as, to have occa-
' sioned the death of the deceased. The letters of the
Captain were certainly extraordinary ; and if the ac-;
count was true that was given in the defence, they
were still in the highest degree imprudent. .
The Jury retired before nine o'clock, and at thive
o'clock this morning returned a verdict of—Not. Ottifty.
The prisoner was next arraigned upon two Other
indictments, **wilful murder of Henry Johnson
and John Hanson. 'No evidence, however, being ad-
duced, he was acrittilan both charges.

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