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By the Court. There were only two or three up when he went to bed; but he admitted that, in his depositions before the Magistrates, he had sworn there were twenty convicts up at that time.

John Ryan, examined by the Attorney-General.-Was a convict on board the Chapman, and remembered the 17th of April. There had been no noise or disturbance of any kind among the prisoners before the firing commenced.

Cross-examined by Mr Alley. Witness was examined in the cabin a few days after the 17th. On that occasion he acknowledged that Morrison, M'Laughlin, Peter Allen, and some others, were the ringleaders of the mutiny, and that the object was to murder the Captain and crew, and to take the ship. He also said on that occasion, that the reason why the 17th was fixed upon was, that they would then be near the Line, and of course nearer to the coast of America. The whole of the crew were to be murdered, with the exception of one sailor, who was to be kept as long as there was any use for him, and then to be thrown overboard. A hundred of the convicts were to be kept with irons on, in order to deceive any King's ship which might board them. Frank Murphy (one of the witnesses) was to be doctor, Morrison to be captain, and Peter Allen (another witness) was to be chief mate. The plan was, (as he said then,) that a feint attack was to be made on one part of the ship, the better to cover the real one, which was to be made on another part. He told all this at the time, merely to save his life. He told the same story when he arrived in harbour to Mr Campbell, the Secretary to the Governor; but when he got on shore he denied it all, because it was not

true.

Re-examined by the Attorney-General. The story he told to the Captain was not true. He told it to save his life. Collins, (another convict,) who had been called into the cabin, was in it when witness entered. The Doctor and the Captain asked him to say all he knew about it, but he said that he was as ignorant of any thing about a mutiny as the child unborn. The Doctor said, " I'll make you know: you shall be flogged first and shot after." The Captain then came, and importuned him to tell what he knew, adding, that he would save his life by confessing as Collins did; that he would be sent home, and should have a great deal of money, He then confessed all that Collins told him, but it was not true. He told the same thing to Mr Campbell, but he was then a prisoner.

To a question by the Court, he answered, that he was not in irons, but could walk about along with the sailors.

William Lea examined by Mr Gaselee.-He remembered the night of the firing it lasted about two hours and a half. He was brought on deck the next morning, put on his knees along with others, and was told, that as he was the greatest rascal he should die first. He was then asked whether he had a cap to pull over his eyes. He said no, and one of the sergeants pulled his shirt over his head. He was then informed that he had but ten minutes to live, and desired to confess. He told them he had nothing to say, but was ready to die, and they might fire away as soon as they liked. He was asked whether he would take his oath that he had not been sworn as to the mutiny. He said he did not wish to be sworn, as he was going to die. The Doctor then said that they (the soldiers) might fire away as soon as they plea sed.

He was after that taken up by

the Doctor and ordered to be flogged; but he was not flogged. He was tied to a rope and thrown astern, and towed after the ship for some time. He was ducked nine or ten times. This was by the Doctor's order. When he was taken on board he was not able to speak or hear. He was frequently afterwards punished, and was kept chained to the poop for fourteen weeks, until they were within a few days' sail of New South Wales. On one occasion, he made some confessions to the Doctor; but he did so to save his life, and what he said was not true. He only answered yes or no to the questions put by the Doctor.

Cross-examined by the Common Sergeant. He used sometimes to work for the armourer, but never took any tools from him. He was put in irons the day before the firing, and was afterwards told that it was in consequence of his having been accused as one of the ringlead

ers.

Examined by the Court.-When he was asked by the Doctor who was to be armourer of the ship, he said that he was. When asked, where the ship was to be taken, he said to America. He had said before that no person had told him any thing of the mutiny, and that he only answered yes or no to the questions of the Doctor. He now said that his memory was bad, and he could not recollect positively. Thomas Turner, a soldier of the guard on board the Chapman, remembered the night of the 17th of April, as he was on duty from six to eight o'clock. He got orders to fire if the prisoners should attempt to come up. He got no orders on that night different from those he received on other occasions. He heard a noise in the prisons below, as if a rush was made fore and aft. He called down to the convicts, to know what was

the matter, but received no answer. He then heard some of the soldiers say, that the convicts were forcing the bulk-head. Soon after this he heard the firing. It was towards the sick-bay. He heard no orders given to fire, and could not say whether it was commenced by the soldiers or sailors. The firing lasted about a quarter of an hour. He did not see any of the convicts until after the firing had ceased. He then saw some of them come round under the main hatchway, and heard them cry out for mercy, and say it was their own fault for beginning it. During the firing he did not see any of the three prisoners at the bar.

Cross-examined by Mr Alley.When the convicts begged for mercy, and said it was their own fault, mercy was shewn to them. There was a number of persons dressed, and walking about; they did not appear as if they had been in bed. There was a great noise, as of a violent rush. He remembered the inspection of the irons on the 12th. The rivets of many of them had been filed off, and some rope-yarn stuffed into the place of them. By this means they thought to pass muster, and when they got down they could easily shake their irons off. About sixty of them were found with their irons off one morning. They frequently broke them after their being repair. ed. On the day after the firing, he found the bar under the scuttle had been bent, which must have been done from below. If those bars had been removed, the convicts could have come on deck four at a time. There was such confusion on deck, that the soldiers did not know for some time whether the ship was their own, or in possession of the convicts.

By the Court.-The lock and the hinge of the door of the partition were broken; not as if struck by a

bullet, but by force of another kind. During the confusion, he heard some person in the prison say, that if the convicts could get the upper hand, they would give no quarter.

Richard Vickary was a soldier on board the Chapman. The prisoner, Lieutenant Bustead, was his commander. On the night of the 17th of April, the sick-bay door was broken open, and he heard a rush. All the soldiers were ordered to arms, and to muster on the quarter-deck. In about five minutes after, the firing commenced; and during the firing, Bustead was the only one of the prisoners he saw.

Cross-examined.

There was a rush aft and a-head at the same time. The soldiers all thought their lives were in danger; and if the convicts had got possession of the ship, none of the crew would have been left alive.

The evidence having proceeded thus far, Mr Justice Best addressed the jury, observing, that the Learned Counsel, on the part of the prosecution, at the suggestion of himself and his learned brother, had refrained from calling any more witnesses until the opinion of the gentle men of the jury had been known. It was the opinion of the Bench, that the provocation in this case given by the convicts completely justified the rigorous measures taken to quell this insurrection.

The jury immediately acquitted all the prisoners, and they were consequently discharged.

CUTTING AND MAIMING.

Sussex Assises, Horsham, Thursday, March 25. Crown Side.- Before Mr Justice Bailey.

James Gibbs, a youth of prepos. sessing appearance, aged about eigh

teen, was indicted under Lord Ellenborough's act, for feloniously and maliciously stabbing and cutting George Gibbs, with intent to murder or do him some grievous bodily harm, on the 15th instant, at the parish of Storrington, in the county of Sussex.

George Gibbs, a youth about sixteen, the unfortunate victim of the prisoner's ferocity, appeared in the box, dreadfully emaciated, and still labouring under the effects of the outrage which he had suffered, (his wounds being yet green,) and gave the following statement:-His fa ther was park-keeper to Lord de la Zouch, who lived at Parham-park. In the evening of the 15th of March, about eight o'clock, his father sent him with a message to the Crown public-house, a short distance from Parham, when he met the prisoner, near the end of his father's garden. The prisoner had a stick over his shoulder, and although the night was rather dark, he could see him by the light of a lantern which he carried in his hand. The prisoner was then alone, but appeared to have parted from another young man, named Duke. When the prisoner approached him, he was about to wish him good night, when the former struck him over the head and face with the stick which he carried. He was nearly stunned by the blow, which being repeated, he was knocked down, and from the violence of the blow the stick was broken. The witness immediately cried out-" Oh! Jemmy Gibbs, don't murder me ;" and beg. ged for mercy. The prisoner then went round him, and immediately pulling out a pocket knife, cut him twice under the chin; but his sangui nary design having failed by these means, he stabbed him behind the right ear with the same weapon. Witness struggled to get from him, and in doing so, disarmed him of the

knife, and in the scuffle the prisoner drew it through his hand, and wounded several of his fingers. The prisoner then took him round the waist, and dragged him to a gate-post, and endeavoured to swing his head against it. Witness cried out for mercy, and called "Murder," upon which the prisoner caught hold of him by the throat, which he griped with both his hands, in order to prevent his making any noise. He immediately afterwards let go, but seized his throat a second time, and then the witness lost his senses, and remembered nothing afterwards. When he recovered, he found himself with his friends. He swore positively that he never in his life had any quarrel with the prisoner; that they were namesakes, though not related; and that he had known the prisoner as a passing acquaintance, and had seen him occasionally, but was by no means intimate with him. He could in no manner account for the prisoner's attack upon him.

George Whale proved, that he heard the cry of" Murder" on the evening in question, and went to the spot whence it proceeded, when he saw the prosecutor weltering in his blood, and in consequence of the a. larm which he gave, the prisoner was pursued.

William Moore proved, that he was attracted to the sanguinary scene in consequence of hearing the prosecutor cry out" Murder". "Jemmy Gibbs don't murder me !"

Daniel Duff stated, that he apprehended the prisoner between nine and ten the same night on Wracklan Common.

John Braby was present when the last witness seized the prisoner, whose hands and face were very bloody.

Daniel Nash picked up the pocketknife, which was smeared with blood, and a stick, resembling a broomstick,

broken in two or three pieces, which articles he produced, and which were proved to be the prisoner's.

Mr Dennett, a surgeon at Stonington, who was called in, described the wounds which had been inflicted on the prosecutor. The knife being

shown to him, he said it was dull on the edge, and in his judgment that circumstance alone prevented the wound being fatal.

Here the case for the prosecution closed.

Mr Justice Bayley asked the prisoner what he had to say in his defence.

The prisoner said, "I don't know that I can say any thing."

John Gibbs, the father of the prisoner, came forward in a state of pitiable agitation, so much so that he could not stand, and stated, that he was a labouring man, and that his son and he were in the habit of working for Mr Emery, a farmer at Parham. On the day mentioned in the indictment, after he and his son had performed their daily labour for their employer, they came home to do some work in their own garden. He observed that there was something singular in the behaviour of the prisoner, who seemed not to work with his usual cheerfulness. At supper time in the evening, about seven o'clock, the prisoner seemed lowspirited, and ate every little food. He kept back from the fire, instead of coming forward as usual on such occasions to join in the humble cheerfulness of their meal. About halfpast seven the prisoner went out and never returned. He did not know of any quarrel between the prosecutor and his son.

Sarah Gibbs, the wretched mother of the prisoner, also in an agony of grief, stated, that she observed something singular in the behaviour of her son during supper-time of the night in question. He ate little, and sat

quite behind the rest of the family. His aunt was present, and was about to go home. He was asked to accompany her, but he made no answer, and stood dejected against the cupboard of the room. Witness knew of no quarrel between her son and the prosecutor. They always appeared to be on good terms with each other. The prisoner was a quiet, affectionate, and industrious lad, worked early and late, and was not given to gusts of passion or ill temper.

Anne Price, the prisoner's aunt, observed his conduct at the suppertime above mentioned; his behaviour was very different from what it usually was; he appeared very low. When he was nursing witness's child, he threw it up in a great flurry, and not with his usual and tender care of the child, of which he was very fond. The prisoner was mild in his manners, dutiful and attentive to his parents, and extremely diligent in his employment. On that night the witness asked him to see her home, but he made no answer, and stood silent and dejected. He used to see her home at night on the like occasions.

Mr R. Emery, a respectable farmer at Parham, stated, that the prisoner worked for him three or four years. He was an extremely good workman, and a very industrious, at tentive lad: he always bore the character of a civil, kind-hearted young man, and was never known to quarrel with any body.

Mr Justice Bayley then summed up the whole of the case with great minuteness, and adverting to the defence which had been set up, told the jury, that if they were of opinion that the prisoner, at the time he committed the dreadful offence imputed to him, was possessed of sufficient reason to distinguish right from wrong, he was answerable to the law for the act he had commit

ted, and the penal consequences which must follow a conviction for that act must be visited upon his head.

The jury, after a few moments' deliberation, found the prisoner Guilty. The Learned Judge immediately pronounced the awful sentence of death, in a manner so impressive and pathetic as not to leave a dry eye in Court, at the same time holding out to the prisoner no hopes of mercy.

Murder.

Lent Assizes, Kingston (Surrey)
Monday, April 5.

Thomas Osborne was indicted for the wilful murder of Eli Cox, on the 2d of August last, at Epsom, in the county of Surrey. The indictment charged the death of the deceased to have been produced in three dif ferent ways-by striking with a stick, cutting with a knife, and strangling by means of a stick and handkerchief.

The trial of this case excited an uncommon degree of interest, from its singular circumstances, and the barbarous manner in which the deceased was murdered.

The prosecution was conducted by Mr Gurney, Mr Bolland, and Mr Adolphus.

It is unnecessary to enter into a full detail of the evidence which was adduced on the part of the prosecution, and in the defence. The fol lowing were the most important features of the case. The deceased, a youth about nineteen years of age, was employed in the service of Mr Tessier, of Woodcot-park, near Epsom, as under game-keeper. On Saturday evening, the 1st of August last, he had supped with his fellowservants at his master's house, and about ten o'clock he loaded his pis

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