The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-26
C. T COOKE.
New YoRK, April IL.
LAW CASE.

On Monday last, at the Circuit Court of the
u States before Judge Livingston, came Oh the
Tf,si of Cspt. Nathaniel Williams of the ship
w ham Tell, on charge of numbering upon
the high seas one Christopher Towel, sea-
mn IN board the said ship. Counsel Tor the pro-
secutIon, Messrs Baldwin and Sampson !; tor
the Defendant Messrs. Wells, Emmett, Carde.
nier and Edwards
X This Interesting trial continued from twelve
O'Clock at noon I'LL eight in the evening BY
that tune the innocence of the defendant had
been made SO manifest, that his Council declin-
ed examining the rest of the witnesses, and pro-
posed to submit the cause to the Jury, under
the charge of the Court without argument /;
which beng assented to, the Judge in a very
clear and explicit manner declared that the
indictment had not been supported, for that the
testimony did not Impute to the Defendant Ma
lice OF any kind express or implied and that
as to the cause of TOWELS death, not one witness
on behalf of the prosecution was worth rush.
THAT he had fallen a victim TO scuryv
as the defendant had very satisfactorily prov
Gd.
Upon another Indictment against captain
Williams tor the murder ofsnother seaman,
3olin Hutchins, the Attorney for the United
Sta,es, being satisfied of the impossibilty OF
sustaining the charge, entered Nolle prose-
2M
TIE complaint against capt. Williams had
been preferred last November, and be was COM
mite by the Police Justices. Judge Livings-
ton however, upon statement of facts on behalf
OF apt. W. beng submitted to him, admitted
him 10 bail. Since that time capt. w has been
with his family III the state of Massachusetts,
Tie principal witnesses in his behalf, were
STm Macy, his mate; Jeremiah Shepherd.
Passenger and supercsrgo, and Gibbs West,
WHO II ventured his iiie by coming on board
The w liam Tell aboul 80 days before the end
OF hnr voyage although she was then almost a
wreck but when Wdi,ams's trial was a
bout come OF, M Make was taken dan
gersusly al at Boston, and IL was unknown
whe Mr. Shepherd and Mr. West were. Un-
de csc distressing circumstances, but support
ed hy consciousness of his own innoCence he
present d himself before the court. Fortunate
fy Mir Shepherd and Mr.. West were in the CT
81 anti appeared ms behalf and their testimo-
ny d,Spelied all doubt and suspicion, and pro-
due-d tie honorable acquitted OF captain
Williams IN the honorable manner already sta
ged
The ship William Tell, left Gottcnburgh on
the 27th or August last and III u passage of SO
days encountered very tempestuous weather;
and during go days wac in almost continual per
H. Most OF the sniP'S crew, and particularly all
but one OF otthe Witnesses against capt. Will
ans, abandoned her 10 the winds and waves
refusing almost all manner of duty. He himself
and tie supercargo, Mr.. Sbepherd) were then
obliged 10 turn 10 and perform ordinary seamen's
duty. And for so days capt. Williams did not
steep more than hours, out OF % Had il not
been for his exerlions, it is probable the lives of
those would have been lost, who in return have
sought his But their charges being satisfac.o-
Tiiy disproyed, and utterly disbelieved, the res
pectabilty of capt. Williams character re aims
not only unsulEed, but is rendered brighter by
che trial it has undergone.
CHAKLEsToN, April To-
We are informed that Mr. OcILvIE intends. |
10 few days, TO visit Savannah, and TO deliver
some Of his Orations in that place, previous to
sIis return to Virginia.
Erfyde Of a letter from Mr.. adams, 10 DIR.
Waterhouse, dated Fetersbrg. December 10,
1911.
hope the vaccine innocUlatlon continues TO
Rnorisb among us. 1t has been and still j, ex-
zensiyely practised in this country The snsli
pox however is yet often fatal ere--Of nineteen
inen who came in the ship Horance with us
from America, three lost their lives by this dis
remper at Constadt last winter ! wish YOU
could have a law that every man going 20 sea,
and who has not had the small pox, shall pre-.
viousIy undergo the innoculation for the kline
pox."
another step up the Ladcer Of Endeeeneeact. -----
Every true american must rejoice when lac is !
informed, that an article so necessary TO the I
Of the manufacturing interest of his |
country, rs Burr Stones, (commsnly called |
ErencI Bufrs) arc TO be had in the u S. in
:luAntit es more shan sufficient for the consump-
ton Of all Bulripe, above what may ever be wan.
! 3 tor the use Of America.
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