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London, England, 1813-08-31 00:00:00

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' CHARGE OF MURDER. - . 1,...'
ilif4.iiiirmstrr.—Yesterday Afr. Abrahnt Rows, thy;
tecord:Oatte of the East India Company's ship the
JAlfab,vsto, brought to the Office, and underwent a
seep4d examination, charged on suspicion of the wile
fukanorder of a I.ascar, of the name of Ranisamas !
On board the said ship.
liii4ogas;,,tlie Solicitor to the Admiralty, attend-
od.l the prosecution.
POoLIT attended for thetr prisoner.
. tirtidice Gola nider. the Protestor of
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the Arabic
language of the East Todia Company's College at
ilirtiord, attended with 40 ele4ant copy of the Al-
errang. which was beantitulli illuminated, for the
rurrie Of interpreting for the witnesses; and admi-
mistcting the, oaths. • He stated hialisilt tb- be a true
tiOssulman. What was stated an the'first examinee
tioo, respecting a macular Mode 01 patting on tur-
bans to exonerate them from the 'obligation, of an
oath, or to enforce one, which be stated, was attach-
ed to' a particular.tribr, but by no Means-general..—
With respect to the feet beingnneoireted, he acknoWe
ledged that to be correct, and he had a boot-jack pro.
cured, and he trek off his hoofs previous to his being
sworn, to well and faithfully translate between the
S4gistraze, the witnesses, and the prisoner; however,
be kept his stocki:ts on, so. chat the custom Of bare
feet was not literally complied with.

. Golkinale, the principal witness, was then sworn
by Munshee in a similar Way, After first questioning
him as to his belief of MaihoMet, theAlcoran And his.
being a true Mussulman. Throath was adiviinisteied
in the same form of words apite gnglisb, except the
'Conclusion, which was, " So help their Cromand their
Prophet." They held the Alehrlinla their hands all
the time they were giving evidence, -•
The examination proceeded very.: slow, owing to
the difficulties (.f making the witnesses inulerstnnd
the questions and the translations.. It occupied the
attention of Mr. READ from twelve o'clock till be-
tween five mil six, when it was discovered that the
prcceedings were considerably retarded, owing to
Munshee hot being sufficiently master of the English
language either in translation or pronunciation; and,
iw consequence, Mr. Guild, who has the care and
supetintendance of the•Lascars while they are in the
Port of Lond. n, as agent for the East India Com-
pany, introduced a young man, who stated his name
to be ChArles William Nettal, who stated himself to
be a Native of India ; that his mother was also a
native of that country, and his father was a Scotch-
man, and be is of the Catholic Religion. He was
theretcre sworn on the Four Apostles to faithfully
ttanslitte, which k. did very quickly on both sides,
and vet y exptessiVely.
•in addition- to what we stated on nide?, it at,
pored that on the morning after Ramsame had been
knocked down, beat with his lists and handspike, he-
C4t.se the deceased said hi was se extremely unwell
that he could not work, he was found dead on the
deok,:swhete he had been left, with only a blanket
over. him. The body was stripped and Washed, as
is customary, by his countrymen, when they dis-
tovertel a small nark on his forehead, Opposed to
have been Cccasitned by the blows given by the pri•
'lnner ; also a bruise on his side. The Lamers ap-
plied for a boat to take the body on shore to bury it,
agreeably to their ousts m, whenev.r it is practicable,
but which was refustd, and they were ordered to.
throw the body overboard, but they refused, 'on' ac-
count of their religious scruples. Some of the Pot'.
tug uese men on board were then ordered to throw
overbr-ard by the prisoner, but they also declined,
tram the same motive. The prisoner, hi cOnsevence,
kicked. it (Nei board himself.
Gulamale was clei k to the Serang, or boatswain,
'sold on his coming on board eke Java, in about ten
skys after the death of -1L117)52/71e, he inquired how
all his men did, meaning the Lascars, whew G ulamale
told him of the circumstances of Itamsazne's death, i

which induced the Serang to go .te Mr. Brown, the
Chief, and inquired the cause of Ramsazne being
treated in the way he had been, when Mr. Brown
told him to go to hell and mind his own business,
struck him a violent blow, also • orared- him to be
tied up, and he was flogged with seven dozen lashes,
and on his being taken down he was put into irons,
and remained in that state for three or four days.—•
When the Captain came on board one of the Tendals
was flogged and put in irons, at the same time he
was the boatswain's mate. The Captain also, on
hearing the Chief Mate's statement, respecting the
&rang, ordeted him to be tied up ab•ain, and to re-
ceive duce dt zen mire lashes, which were inflicted
' accordingly.
In addith n to the charge against the prisoner re-
specting Ranisante, vat us acts of cruelty were stated
against otl.ets tiursog the voyage.
Brown, the ChiLt .Mate, ordeted a boatswaia's mate
to Inn g a rtspe, to tie up the cook, a Portuguese man,
to be fi ggeo; to avoid which, the man jumped over-
boat(' and was drowned.
Moustion, 4 Lasriv,, was flogged twice while the
• 414 was in the Sanger Roads, and received three
rietrn lashes each. time; and while the ship. was. at
-Batavia he was flogged again, and received seven
dozen lashes. While they were at. Batavia some Of-
Beers of a I(ing's ship came on board, in search of
lorte white men, to press them, when Mousdin told
the Officers where some white seamen were concealed,
whim the Officers found and pressed. They also
took with them MousOin, and kept him, on board the
King's brig seven days, and then returned him to the
Java.' He then received a flogging:if seven dozen
lashes, lot giving the inforsuatiuo to the :King's Offi-
cers, and was kept nine days in irons. Mr. Briscoe
Was present wigs he received his flogging.
:the Lascar's chest, containing. opium and other
'favourite articles of their's, was broke- open, and the
con ents thrown overboard.
Sedan Maloy, a I,a%car, wad stated to have bets
• *truck by Mr. Mallard, the boatswain, with.a piece
of fire-wood, which, as_ they termed it, .cracked his
bead. The Boatswain tied the wound up with his
own handkerchief. In four es five .di,;s after Sedan

Maloy died. At the time I.e received the blow he was
• eoosinered in good health. The body was thrown
overboard by the prisoner and Mr. Brown.
On a fourth investigation and cross-examination of
Gulnmalee, it appeared that when the Captain came
on board, after tl.e death of Rainume, he ordered the
provisions provic'ed by the Serang for the Lascars to
be taken aft; some Wer• given to Site goats whioh