The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-08
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charging him with Ike offence, his aufwer
might eliminate hinfeif1
= Have you feen Col Smith and Miranda toee
J, Their 6uce, and where! 4flEse'
in i have feen them on the Battery, and at fs,er
al other places. '1i
+ Did Miranda apply to you to charter the
: Leander? :
e 1t is not 'prnper quenicn.
- Did Miranda chsrtsra veffel of you 4?
: viii not anfwer the oaeftion. 5fiar
The Judge decided that the two csea ions n
which Mr.. Ogden ohir6ted were proper, but
council forth profecution waved them and
diiDenied with further examination ofstbe wit
nefs forthe prrfent. sA
a. DR.. Romaine, Etuorn
! Do you know Miranda 81 ~
! Pretty we'll. ss ff7ra aaesg 4
! Have you known him for foNe years
Yes, twenty. f.aN 5'Fngf a.Lsf
W. What. countryn an is he 80
4 ~ general repute he was born in Caracas.
I Was heevcr in the military fsrvice of Sosin ;
Z have nnderitood fron hinfeIf and others
thar he was.
DHS'ia Cotton, Collector. of TIE Port Of ~. 91ayk.
Ssvorn. -
! When dia the Leanoer fil from Ne1-York
! The 2s'i of January, from the Narrows the Cd
OF Feb. 1906. 70
| DID The clear out for Jscme!,
Yes.
! Have you the clearance with YOU
fss +; produce II. The witnefs aifo produc-
ed the manfeft of her cargo, by which II ,D-
peared that various items of merchandif. WIRE
entered in il, as cover.
When did the IadoGan- and her accompany.
ing yeReis, clear out from N. York
The Esd of December 1905.
Was Thomas Lewis Captain of the Leander !: =
Yes. SsA
7'en MLfHn comWfsv Of ,siatay pores.
DID you IN Januarylaf FIJI Capt. Lewis of
the Leander f,mr miitary articles; and what /,
The defendants counfel objected to the eueC.
tion.
What were the articles you fold Capt. Lewis
in January lafti
Some matches, powder horns, and other
ima'' matters, fuch as Capt. Lewis had bought
before for Mr.. OGDEN
Have you minute of the articles 70
Yes; produces it.
State what the articles were
Whv IT is bat very trif- there is neither
Piftol, mufket nor-See what: hands the pa Der.
WINCH was read and contained minute Of Ta,;
Gus FINAL military articles.
Who paid yon for tiefe articles,
] hold Capt. Lewis's paper for them.
Did you not re at Moore's when in COM .
pany With CAPT. Le:yis and Mr.. Ogden, qudn.
tity Of arms for them?
Yes, fix or fev-n bnxes.
DID you not fee fnn1e ALTO at MIR. Aliens?
Y-s, great quantity of mufkets.
We're they packed in boxes for them {?
Yes all fixed.
Did capt Lewis apply TO you for muG,ets,
&c. for the Lrander
did, ian, e '~7;;ii, ',,, s=c-;is.s -..s.
wonld let him have from the Arfena; he did
not get any.
4 You was on board .le Leander and faw there
two pieces of cannon.
Yes, which wanted to buy hut which were
fold to fome other perfons, and were on board
the Leander.
You faw cannon beides thofe mounted for
the fl,ip.
Yes The witnefs purchafed for merchants
military articles for India and European vova-
ges. but there were more matches bought for
the Leander than were nece!Tary for feveral voy-
ages.
General Stsver5, EzvOru.
Did you fell any guns to capt. Lewis in Janu-
airy Ian 4
Yes; nne's.
Did they go on board the Leander?
did not ak where they were going.
They were delivered?
Yes.
Crofs Examined.
Are not warlike Implements exported by mer-
chants?
Yes they are articles of expectation. ike all
other produce. dhppofe $4,000 tand of arms
have been exported from New. England.
Ricba,A Bside1, EzDora.
Did you not ieli captain Lewis in January lat
fsne fwords?
Yes, so, and 80 pair of pifols. They were
delivered on the osi of January.
Were You paid for them?
Yes, by Mr.. Ogden's note.
Were the f@otds for cavalry?
Yes all of them.
Did you underitand that they were to go on
board the Leander?
Mr.. Ogden wanted them packed TO go on
board fhp hut lid NOT mention what nip.
Tire articles purchafed amounted TO 1900 dol.
lars.
J0gafbaH Ogdea, E1vorn.
Did you fell captain Lewis a0y military ftorss
in January laa ?
Yes; rs quarter cafks of gun powder, con-
tanning Is pounds each.
Crofs Examined.
I'not gun powder an article of merchandise
1t is.
Bsnjamia Haig6f, E7Voyu.
Did You fen any arnls 10 major Armfrong in
January Ian
! fold him $50 fets Of belts and pouches for
rne-men.
Were you paid for them.
look 10 Mr.. Ogden for pay.
Were there any other articles!
Some faddles.
They were to be ready by a particular timer