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was indicted for
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returning from transportation, and being found at large, on the
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31st of August
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last, without any lawful cause
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(The Record read as before.)
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Do you recollect the prisoner's person? - I do.
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Do you remember his being in Court in January session's? - Yes.
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Was he the same person that had been tried on the record that has just been read? - I am positive to the person.
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You are one of the assistants of Mr. Akerman, are not you? - Yes.
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sworn.
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You took the prisoner? - Yes, he behaved as well as any person could in his unhappy situation, he did not make the least resistance in the world.
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Court. Look at the prisoner, was he one of the men delivered on board the vessel, of which you was mate? - Yes.
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You are mate of the Swift? - I am.
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That was the transport on board which these people were to be carried? - The ship Swift was the transport.
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Was the prisoner one of them that was delivered to be transported? - He was.
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What part did he take in escaping from the ship? - I do not know any particular part.
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He was not particularly active, either in taking the arms, or securing the Captain? - No, my Lord.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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My Lord, I was between decks when the ship was taken, a man came down to me, and said, Jack the ship is taken, I said, I am sorry for it, I would rather go to America, I have no friends in England.
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Were any of these people compelled to go on board the boat? - No, they were not.
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None of them were compelled to the best of your knowledge? - No.
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Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron HOTHAM.
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