Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-05-15

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The examination Of James iIelmc,
Esq, of South Kinas'own, in the coun-
iy of Kings county, and colony Of Rhode
Island, SC, taken off'oAb al Newport,
in said colony, this fifth day "f June, A.
ID. 1873 Who saith, that in Oc'obrr
following The buunihg The schooner Gas
pee, the Superior Court of Judicaiurc,
&c, for said colony, sat at East Green
wich, in the county of Kent, at which
Conrr presided, being ilr eldest JUS
ilce of the same prcsepl Before The
sitting of said Court had hcs,d Of The
said schooncr's being burnt, aud Of
Lieutenant Duddingsi"n's being wound
ed / did no, give any charge {" 'h"
grand jury at that court, nor is !, usual
IN This colony to give either general r
special charges to grand lurirs; "u' he
fore the meeting ot said cou't ] ml"rm"d
my brethren that if presided II, snd
court ! fully intended Ia give the affair
of burning the said schooner and wnrnd
ing the Lieutenant Ia charge Ia tho ~
nv but having been ncBrtuO months
on the circuit II entirely went oui at my
mind when the grand jury was cm?an-
nel,rd, and there being no business laid
before said Jury, they were srua disn's>-
ed immediately after, ! recoIltt.Fd the
omission of wha, ! intended, and then
mentioned TO some of the other Judges oi
the cour, that had entirely forgot to
Give the business Of DESTROYING the Gas
pee and wounding Lieutenant Duddngs-
ton in charge to the grand jury, which
had designated, aud further this depo-
ncnt saith not. JAMES llELME.
Taken and sworn 10 at Newport on the
dav and year first within written, before
j. Udnion, Fred. Smyfhe,
Dan HrSemon i,r, Peter OHrer,
Robert 2uchmdy,
The examination of George Brown, "f
! Providence, in the colony OF Rhode
, island, Esq taken on oath II, Newport,
in said colony, this fifth day of june, A.
/ y. 'l773 Who saith, that the evening
preceding tho burning M the scbooncr
Gasprc, he, will, several other gentle
men. met At the house oi Mr.. James Sa-
bin, 10 Providence aforesaid, II bcing u
public house, TO spend the evening To-
pe,hrr about ten o'clock, as | suppose,
! heard drum beat in he street /: nsk-
ed the reason ot said drum heating, on
which some one Of the company, bui
whom do not recoIec,, answered, that
there were some boys beating the drum,
II. II f,r f,,
past in summer evenings ~ SAID town
IT rs also usual Cor the young people tn
assemble IT, learn to beat drum, and
other military exercises helore sunset
that evening ! had heard tha, the SAID
sc hooncr was aground but had not then
the least suspicion that any mischief was
inlrndrd to b. done to said schooner, ~
any body on board of her, not having
heard any inlimaiiun ~ that purpose /; aud
further declare that ] have not any
knowledge, directly or indirectly, oi any
plans being laid TO burn o. otherwise de-
s,loy said schooner, or of any person
concerned 10 sn vile crime, or wound
,ng Lieuienan, Duidngsion some time
after heard the drum, | had occasion
To 60 To the door, when plainly saw IL
bout ten ar dozen boys with drum,
and am confident there was not at that
time ono man among them nor had
during ,ha, evening, any conception "f
any mischief inieoded The place where
said schooner was burnt is in the town
ship of Warwick. in the county Of Kent,
IN the colony ol Rhode Island and Prov.
idonce Plantations. From the dwcllm:
house of Nr. Samuel Gompkins Ia The
place where sand schooner was burnt, Is,
according to my judgment, about n'nc
miles aud lurihcr this d-pnnent SAITH
not u. BtON ~
Taken aud sworn 10 at Newport on
the day and year above wriiieh, before
! j W"nion, Fred. SntytN;
/ Dan Hor>mandrn, Peter O,irer,
] Robert .3uchmmy,
7 The examination of Samuel Faulknrf,
nf Bristol, ~ the colony oi Rhode lsland.
/ and lnbnrr,, taken upon OATH q, Now
port, the Iiia day of juno, i773; Nhe
saith that he lived with MIR Samn'i
! Tompkins, al the islnno'o Prudence, ~
sad colony, from the ls' of April, lii!.
to the las, ol July following aud know.
eth u nruto fellow named Aa,On, who
hyed with SAID Tunpklus part Of SAID
tune, and - ic understood was an "a
drnird servant to SAID Toul'a I.S lh'u
several pfrsons came "ver ff'in I'n.I"l
10 SAID island, aud sand that The Gasrre
schooner was bu,m two or three davs
hclo.c, which was the FIRST time lIr heard
'nr II iha, he never rrq'ics'"d the yaid
Anrun 10 go oGnI, him FROM pfudchrr' ~
D,Islol IN nuy part of The aforementioned
time ol his living with M" said Samw
r"mrl lns having 'hcn M 'occa-i"n 10
20 10 Bri."l that when the people ~
Bustul gave aD account oi the burning
of said schooner, An'on was present, aud
did moi either n, that iime ~ y, any 9th
sr time afterwards discover he had any
knowledge OF The destroying Of said