The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-25 00:00:00

YESTERDAY.

Shortly after twelve o'clock, yesterday, the prisoners
were again brought up, and the already protracted inves-
tigation was continued, touching the death of Henry Fos-
ter, the second sailor who died on the voyage.
Francisco Manuel was called, who stated that on the
voyage from Singapore, the deceased Henry Foster and
himself were both shipped at the same time. Foster was
in the second mate's watch for about three months, and
afterwards in the chief mate's watch, where he remained
about fifteen days, until he died. Witness was in the
chief mate's watch during the whole voyage. Foster was
in good health when he came on board ; for about fifteen
days he was not beaten, but after that time the captain
sometimes beat Foster with a single rope, sometimes with
the mainbrace, and sometimes with the " cat." At first
nobody beat him but the captain; but for some weeks
before he died both the captain and chief mate beat him ;
the latter did it by order of the captain. Sometimes the
mate told the captain he did not want to beat the men,
when the captain said, "if you don't break the d—d son of
a b—h's head, I'll give you something to make you feel."
When the captain used the " cat" to Foster, sometimes he
beat him with the lashes, and sometimes with the handle.
Once the captain beat him naked with the lashes. The chief
mate held him by his hands, and the second mate held his
legs, while the captain beat him. Sometimes the captain
knocked him down, and beat him as he was lying on the
deck. Have seen his back after the beating ; his body
was all sore. Saw him in the chain-locker the night
before he died. The mate called Foster out of the locker,
and the captain was standing on the starboard-side ;
witness was going forward just then, and heard Foster
say, "Oh ! God Almighty, you'll kill me, sir." Did not
know what made him cry out, because he was going for-
ward at the time. Saw Foster again in an hour after-
wards ; the captain ordered witness and Antonio to help
Foster to the forecastle, and they put him on one of the
chests. He was then moaning, and spoke very little ; his
eyes were open. He said he was going to die. It was
about half-past twelve at night when they put him on the
forecastle, and witness went to his own bed ; the next
morning, about eight o'clock, he again sawdeceased,
who groaned, but could eat nothing ; he died the next
night. Saw the deceased's body about a week before he
died, and the skin was all sore, as if from blows ; the
skin was broken, and there was a discharge from the
sores. Sometimes deceased had his allowance of food
stopped for the whole day; and then he had only half his
allowance the day following.

Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall.—About 14 days before
Foster died, he told witness, " I think I am going to die ;
I'll write a letter to my father, and give it to you. He did
not seem bad when he first got on board; he said he "feel
rood." [This witness understood so little of English,that
it became necessary to ask some of the questions in the
Spanish language.]
Mr. Mansfield inquired if one of the witnesses had ar-
rived from the hospital ; when Kehoe informed him that
the man's leg was in such a diseased state that it was not
expected that he could be removed for three or four days.
The inquiry was then postponed in this case ; and the
death of the third man, named Pedro, alias Anselo Perero,
was then investigated.
Robert Evans, the steward, was called, who stated that
deceased was shipped at Singapore with nine others,
amongst whom was the second mate, now one of thepri-
soners. Pedro was a Manillaman, and spoke a mixed
language of Spanish and Portuguese ; he understood very
little of English: During the first part of the voyage,
Pedro was treated very kindly by the captain and matef;;
but, in about six weeks after sailing, he. received. knocks
and blows from 01 quarters. The captain beat him with

the ends of the mainbrace, or anything that came close at
hand ; sometimes with both ends of the " cat," the thong;
and the wood part also. They were not light beatings,.
but very severe. On one night, shortly before the de-
ceased died, the captain beat him all over ; he beat him
with the thongs and the but-end of the " cat" severely-.
It was for leaving a tar-bucket on deck. On the 29th of
March, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon,
Pedro was at the wheel, and got the ship aback,
and part of the mizen-sheet was carried away-,
through his bad steering. The captain came on deck
and called-all hands -to reef the wizen, and going tip
to Pedro, called him a " black son of a b—h," and struck
him with his fist on the face. Afterwards he struck Pedro,
again with something, and told him to "go to h—ll and
clean his ugly face." Deceased appeared stupified, and
Francisco was told to take his place; on going to the main
deck he staggered and fell, but got up, and again tried to
go forward, when the captain told the chief mate to fetch
'aim back again. The face of deceased was covered with,
blood, by the captain striking him on the nose. The mate
brought him back again to the quarter-deck; he dragged
him there, and threw him down on the deck. The captain
was there with a rope's end, and gave him five Or six cuts
with it as he lay on the deck. Before the mate dragged
him to the quarter-deck, as he was going up the ladder,
(the mate driving him and pushing him along,) the captain
kicked him on the mouth with all his might, with his
right foot, and he fell from the ladder backwards on to
the main deck. He was so weak that he conid scarcely
creep up the ladder, when the captain kicked him; his
face bled very much, and when he was brought back to
the wheel the blood flowed profusely. He was in a stag-
gering state when brought back to the wheel, and could
not do his work. The captain told him to "clean his d—d
cocoa-nut face." Pedro seemed stupified, and the chief
mate (by. the captain's orders) took his cravat off, and
rubbed the blood from his face; the blood was at that
time all, over the wheel and round the gratings abaft.
He could not stand, and sometimes fell back on the
gratings. Witness never saw Pedro after that. Did not
see his body after death, but saw them carry his body to:
the port-hole, and throw it into the sea, in the afternoon
of March 30th. The chief and second mates threw him
overboard, and the carpenter read the burial-service. The
ship was at that time near the Tuskar Lig,ht. The captain
called to the carpenter to read the burial-service. They
reached Liverpool on Saturday, the Ist of April, about
midday. Pedro did not always have his full allowance;
it was occasionally stopped, and then he had bread and.
tea, but no meat, for breakfast, and sometimes he had
sago fur dinner. Occasionally he had nothing for dinner,
but the meal-times were often altered. The captain had
heavy shoes on when he kicked Pedro on the mouth.
Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall.—Deceased resisted
the efforts of the chief mate pushing him up the ladder,
before Me captain kicked him on the mouth. Witness
observed, "Any man would resist when he saw what was.
waiting for him." Did not see any one resist the captain,
or use any violence towards him, on the passage home.
Saw Captain Honor in the cabin one day tear a leaf from
the log and throw it on the floor. The leaf he tore out
contained something about a quarrel between the captain
and mate. Never saw a man called Antonio coming with
a bolt towards the captain ; and never saw the captain
beat Antonio. Knew Robert Gonsalvis, the seaman now
in the hospital, who has lost his toe.
[We are informed that Gonsalvis had his toe injured by
the rigging, whilst running away to escape the captain's
violence.]

Daniel Gilmunlow, the carpenter, was then called, and
corroborated the evidence of the steward in most of the
particulars respecting Pedro's death. He was treated
cruelly both by the captain and his officers during the
latter part of the voyage.
John Phillips, cook, was next called, and stated that
Pedro was in a good state of health when he joined the
ship. Was often flogged on the voyage, and became very
weak for many weeks hefore his death. On the night
before he died witness did not see him punished, being
otherwise engaged at the time. About five or six o'clock,
he saw the mate pushing Pedro forward towards the fore-
castle ; witness was inside the galley at the time, and saw
Pedro fall heavily with his forehead on the covering
board. Did not see Pedro's face before he fell upon the
deck. He did not move any of his limbs after he fell
down. The mate and some one else took him away, and
witness exclaimed at the time, " That man's no more."
The mate came afterwards and asked witness for some tea
for Pedro. The cook replied that he had no tea, and con-
tinued, " If I had, it would be no use to Pedro, for he is
a dead man." Did not see Pedro alive after that. Saw
the mate and second mate sewing the body up next morn-
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ing. Was not present at the funeral. When Pedro fell
forward his forehead did not fall on the edge, but on the
flat surface of the covering board. He was sometimes put
on short allowance.
Cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall : Witness once struck
Pedro on the face with a small iron spoon, because he was
trying to steal some fat from the galley. It appeared that
Manilla men were very fond of grease ; and witness used
to heave it overboard, that they might not get it. They
would get at the grease if they could, whether they had
their full allowance or not.
The case was then adjourned, at 5 o'clock, until this
morning, at 12 o'clock, when the deposition of the wit-
ness Gousalvis will be taken at the infirmary.
POLICE COURT—YESTERDAY.

OBTAINING GOLD LEAP UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.
—John Clove, residing in Birkenhead, was brought up
by Carlisle, the detective officer, on a charge of having
obtained 26 books of gold leaf, under false pretences. It
appeared that on Monday, the 17th inst., the prisoner
went to the shop of Mr. Taylor, wholesale paint and colour
merchant, at 23, Great George-street, and obtained the
quantity of gold leaf stated, saying that if a boy was sent
along with him and the gold books to Tower-building',
he would pay the price of them, £1 14s. Bd. In com-
pliance with Clove's representation, a boy was sent with
the gold leaf, but with instructions not to part with it till
he got the money. By telling the boy to wait at a door
for a few minutes till he came out again with the money,
prisoner obtained possession of the gold leaf, and the boy,
after waiting nearly an hour-and-a-half, became satisfied
of the fraud practised on him, and returned to his master's
shop. The prisoner, who was apprehended on Saturday
last, denied that he had been in Mr. Taylor's shop for two
years. He was Clearly identified, however, and committed
for trial.

STREET ROBBERY.—William Wales was charged with
having assaulted and attempted to rob William Quarrel,
a tailor. As the prosecutor was passing along Bute-street,
on Saturday evening, the prisoner suddenly came up be 7--
hind him, and seizing him round the neck, snatched his
watch-guard, dragging his watch out of the prosecutor's
pocket; prisoner then ran off, carrying with him the watch,
but, as the guard-chain broke, portions of it were left on
prosecutor's neck and in his hand. The prisoner- was
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of the kind. He was committed for trial.
THEFT FROM A SHOP.—Mary Fitzpatrick was charged
with stealing two pieces of silk handkerchiefs and a shirt
from the shop of Mr. Armour, on Saturday last. It ap-
peared that the prisoner, who was known as an old
offender, had with her, on the occasion alluded to, three
children, who seemed to have been trained as her as-
sistants ; they making a sportive show of throwing about
their caps, and letting them fall in shops, so as to attract
the attention of the shopmen, while she went in and ab-
stracted whatever came conveniently to her hand. She
was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.
PICKING A DRUNKEN MAN'S POCKET.—Mary Fleming
was charged with picking the pocket of a young man who
met her in the street on Saturday night about twelve
o'clock. The prosecutor, who could give only a very im-
perfect account of the transaction, said the prisoner ac-
costed him in the street, and, along with another woman,
thrust her hand into his pocket and robbed him of 255. 6d.
The case was remanded till to-morrow.
STEALING LEAD.—William Simmons, an elderly man,
a plumber and painter by trade, was charged with having
stolen a quantity of lead from the premises of a metal
dealer, at 17, Carpenter-street, on the 30th of March last.
The prisoner disposed of the lead to Mr. Penn Smith,
another metal dealer, at three different times ; but he
averred that he got it in the way of his business, from
another party who had been in custody for stealing about
the time of the robbery, and whom he said he first saw
about in Park-lane. The case was remanded for a week,
to allow time for the re-apprehension of the man.
A DISHONEST DRUNKARD.--Bernard Murphy, a ragged
and dirty-looking Patlander, was charged with stealing a
piece of beef from a butcher's shop in Scotland-road, ou
Saturday night. The prisoner said he was so drunk at
the time, that he had no recollection whatever of the cir-
cumstance. It was stated that, at the end of last year, he
stole a goose under similar circumstances, and had made
a similar admission on that occasion. He was sentenced
to be imprisoned for one month.

ItonßrA;G s Camp. —Bridgei Ward was charged with
stealing a half-sovereign on Saturday night, from a boy
named Deveren, about eight years old, who resides in
Chadwick-street. It appeared that the little fellow had
been sent by his sister with a sovereign to the pawnshop
of Mr. Kissack, to redeem some article which had been
pledged, and that the prisoner was in the shop at the
time. On observing that the boy was too short to reach
the counter, she volunteered to assist him, in doing which
she obtained one half-sovereign, two half-crown pieces,
and four-pence-halfpenny, which she osteensibly wrapped
up and gave to the boy. On inspection, however, it was
found that the half-sovereign was abstracted. Mr. Kis-
sack stated the circumstances, and testified distinctly to
giving the above enumerated coins ; but he was scarcely
so sure as to swear to his identity of the prisoner. The
case was adjourned for seven days, to afford time for
further inquiry.

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STEALING CLOTITES.—Patrick Nollan, charged with
stealing some wearing apparel from the house in which he
lodged. He did not deny the theft, and was sentenced to
two months' imprisonment.
ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—James M`Kimmet was charged
by police-constable No. 443 with having on Saturday night
assaulted his wife in a very violent and brutal manner. It
appeared that the prisoner and his wife keep a boarding-
house, in Salthouse-lane, New Wapping, and the constable.
saw the prisoner knock his wife down, and kick her with
great severity while she was lying on the
poor woman, he said, was unwilling to appeaagianiu ground.
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as they had three small children, and she wasr
the recent
prosecute. The magistrate said that,
statute, the appearance of the woman
the charge, set up
sable. The prisoner, who did not deny
and in the first
as a defence that his wife had been drunk,ted
stated that this was
instance had assaulted him. It wassbeesn
guilty of a similar
not the first time the prisoner had
be imprisoned for four
assault, and he was sentenced to
months with hard labour.
Anne Carden and Susannah
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ring some articles which they
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James's-street, with paw . --""r• T. L. Ryan, outfitter, of St.
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found them honest and trustworthy. His
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being present.
INTIMIDATION BY A TURN-OUT.—Charles AlitChe/I, 111
miner's labourer, was charged with assaulting, and in-
timidating a fellow-workman, named Ellis. The prisoner
was sentenced to be imprisoned for three months.