New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-24
LAW INTELLIGENCE.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
2a-Before Commissioner STILvsLL.
THE NEPTUNE AFFAIR-TEsuMoNY FOB TIE DE-
TENSE.
The United States agt. Enoch w. Peabody.
The examination in this case was continued.
The evidence ofths defendant was as follows:
HsPy sns en- boar. the Neptune
aud officers there thirty odd There were ~ oremss
they did not know rope on the ship; very bad
passage the bad weather may say the whole Wy
sail: there were only four men could handle SAD wien
Ct .O the rest could g o Sa sos0 pS rS Ws
week. oat that leak went increasing Ill got I'M we
, going S.s: ass we
We would bring the ship Ia; we bad iSo rasssngess
M s f.S By nI fns fa 1lo Capt, esb.dy acted
like thorough seaman, snd attribute the saving OF ,ne
and we had to fix ~p IN the orscsse
Of them slowed themselves away In pumping. .hey
each hree parts Of the men had nothing what they
stood mi the Capsu got tailor smons the passengers.
them mtis he gave them his clothing; cOtbc. have
him wear be fred house deck for them with shay
ps % 70 g into csp. aey IL the
hes black he shipped at Liverpool 2. an sos sea
yards he would 90 forwards he slowed away constantly fer
ward on lot II sandooe he had clothe, but what he
sioops nal aer sores and bos will be brought by being
wet without change Of cothes bad plenty o. co,hss got
in charge the mpnegans the morning before Chr.tmss
RicnaIds of the gana some Of them were not
"a. per Sus ccad not get them pamp
Che Captain came uy while wsi trying &c. mem S.0
hin AID should have seen Il had he used any of them
To-. tod me be himself had struck Richards or twice for
S.rss e d. VOy.se unless you cali that once striking
with hs own hand msu.ins him; the time when Richards
20. of control we should have had decks washed and
might have los, spar and sails during my experience sea'
sa pave .so %ISer cal i's1 cwSs h@.c away
whenever he bad ehsnse; DID no, see or
when we were coming down the ch.nne the weather ws
vary rough coming ont end the ship sIest d,nsrr Of ce.
on he shenaudoah remember when Richards was.howa
1y ss, M w wnsei letting al The time would b
likely to axe the Of the ysf the captain yey much
acI Sey no lime Of tho voyage could
sp boat worked long; the voyage We spoke one
steamers that the only vessel we spose 70 osi
Thomas Smith, since 10 o. and bosswain Oh tho
hip NsaSs s1s and sss s that
rest the efowd had 70 hsvs the ropes pat
mel the the wesher 20 bad they did not
60 miles IN nine days! without employing the Psa,eIssn
The pumps they never could aS % TOO s" s
could We have escaped from the ships We ssn.ed tlree
; our watch there ". no %s when ,Ss SUs
the same effect the preceding wess ..iasfds wss
sIuter have often the second mate looking for him
hours at strrtcL never any exhibition Of feeling
against Richards the part Of captsn could no. have
sn return With that crowd for so from here to Liver
pool should have hesitation In going another voyage with
. .s IdI not Be- hsre we had very large cargo
Henry Watkins the psssenger steward testified that 90
time he thought they would get in and ssebed The
If
very lazy man. stow heard man say that he licked
him r n is
up ard they lid hand to the pump, the Grey M g
s e s:E
i, lazy 70, be s;c,S S to- e est sG SS
were from his slowing away In the cold when man
injured the captain usually bad him taken 70 the cabin for
taken in there different times the that fell from ao
taken 10 here don't see whss more than be did the
j. C. Herrk tho surgeon Of the ship testified that when
Richards thrown over the wheel he came In the cabin
end examined by witness witness found brre and
pycoraion the top Of the head hand wosn and the
wrist OF the other eacorisrd his shoulder injured
never IN his forehead ,nd dressed
should certainly have had there been the
atoms 10. top Of the head and writ were both esh
dressed his head with bsndass and paster and dressed
morning evening several days. he came the cabin
to attended TOT Ihsve seen five o. SIX at time tho
never had an maon that any that waited
from excluded from the cabini the captain made
the health Of the crew. the cabin every
day for some drys, II be did after him
don't know why be didn't come; eli the to |
for any wound, cut brissi hrow Of Richards
slowing hmsef that caused his hands and feet swell
know another who slowed away four days when lie
came out his frosted had him ia the cabin half
day; when Richards down after being thrown the
wheel in the cabin Richards rot in any way ns
esed that know the captain angry be anx
on. As cure Clark stayed in the cabin four days after be
injured.
the ses yesrs Savs Captain eabody sbea years
have always heard Of him good have heard
the evidence given. and from 1t should think the |
Neptunes condition would have been psrlo she Ia very
LARGE ship aud wonld old think have
Der whole get along with four officers
must have been Pretty know something VI skuk
have been in the Liverpool business for me; the
slior from Liverpool are aprey bad se the fact that the
ship 10 In danger little influence stukers had the ship
heavy allowed to breach her might have
been taken aosetber with such succession Of gles
has been described there would not have been the slightest
chance OF escape In boats
All the above witnesses recalled and testified that
they had seen no confused wound Richards forehead
Tie case for the defence was then clossd.
Before Commissioner BErrs.
TOUCHING FITCH - POSSESSION OF C0UETERfErI
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