The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-23

JUAN FRANCISCO KEY, ALIAS MANILA
Before Hon Geo Y Bright, Second Justice Of The
Peace, and M NJ Cohen, u. S. Commissioner.
FOURTEENTH DAY-MoNDkY, AUG. 10.
The court met at 10 O'Clock, the accused and
counsel being present, and the room crowded as
usual.
Mr.. Larue resumed. He (Mr Larue) assumed
that there had been an actual abduction, but could
any part OF the testimony affect Capt. Mcconnell!
He belonged 10 that had been crushed for the
last seven hundred years. Capt Mcconnell was
an exile, and had lived here for the last twenty
years Gould such man have lent himself TO
an act OF tyranny for lucre? Capt. Nice. cleared
his vessel for ST. Thomas, il being common enough
70 clear for one port with the intention OF going to
another. II was proved that the cargo consisted oil
lard. Capt. Nice. cleared the Sd, and did not
sail until two days after. He could not sail on the
Sd as he had freight to take in and on the 4th there
was no towboat.
But il had been said that the vessel had been
chartered by the Spanish consul, and her captain
had received two hundred douboous The two
hundred doubloons the money Capt. McCon-
nell received from Verdelet, carrying them for
thing, he being friend of his, ON condition that he
would send no letters or papers. These were the
two hundred doubloons said to have come from the
Spanish consul. Capt. Nice had refused $500 To
carry celebrated courtesan To Havana. This was
the person alluded 10 when Capt. Mcconnell said
he would not take passenger 10 Havana for $500
Capt. Mcconnell went TO the Spanish consul's the
day he sailed, for lean bill of health II Rey hao
been abducted he need not have required a pass
port; but the first thing Capt. Mcconnell asked fol
on the passenger coming on board was, to see hi
passport. II Capt. Mcconnell had been engaged
in an abduction case, he would not have told tn
captain of the towboat that he expected a passen
ger, and il he did not come when the cook arrived
he would not wait for him He would have con
cealed the fact that he expected passenger, ant
would have secreted him below. All the fact
proved that Capt. Mcconnell was innocent of any
attempt at an abduction The fact that Rey was
of1h ourH an A IN
that there had been no violent abduction.
Ii had been reported that on the arrival of the
Mary Ellen at Havana, private signal had been
made and answered from the shore; but il un
true. Mr. l.. here read from Billiard and Carry:
Digest, 500 relative to the duties of justices OF the
peace. The crime must be established by two cred
ible witnesses, and no crime had been proved liz
reviewed the testimony of Rogers and Trescazes
il of the weakest nature; il false. For the
sake of argument, admitting il TO be true, there
no proof that Rey did not go voluntarily on board
Rogers had had quarrel with Captain Mcconnell
he had called him, leaving the vessel, ID
son of a b--h, and said that he would pay him of
for il. Was the testimony of man who had LEI
himself out bravo for six dollars 10 be admit
ted>
MIR L. said il was the duty of the court to dis
charge these individuals He had doubt tina
there were individuals who would like to see then
sent to the criminal court, and thus keep up tn
excitement. This case he compared to that Q
OMoore, charged with the murder of Scraggs, tn
collector, described in Charles O'Malley, where
when scraggs appeared and denied having bee
murdered, the foreman of the jury found O'Nloor
guilty, and said he ought to be hung, any how.
In concluding, he alluded to the explanation h
had made in regard TO Mr.. Wilder, whom he ha
called willing witness. He wished 70 be under
stood that he never did any thing under the fear
threats, and he now withdrew the explanation, an
desired his words TO stand in their most offensiv
adjudication.
An adjournment then took place 10 > o'clock TIN
afternoon, when Mr.. Hunton, the L. 5. district at
.orney, will address the court.