Hour 3. 50.—Pedro de Zulueta (32), 22, Moorgate Street, brought in by P. C.[14] 489, —— Tye, charged by Sir George Stephen, 17, King’s Arms Yard, Coleman Street, with Felony (Slave Trading); also with Conspiracy, a true Bill having been found against him at the C. C. Court on both of the above charges.
(signature of person charging) “George Stephen.”
[14] P. C. means Police Constable.
(From the Anti-Slavery Reporter.)
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
Wednesday, August 23, 1843.
(Before the Recorder.)
EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.
The Grand Jury having, in the course of the day, returned true bills against Pedro de Zulueta the younger, of the parish of St. Mary-le-Bow, merchant, Thomas Jennings, and Thomas Bernardos, late of the same place, mariners, for felony,
Mr. Clarkson applied to his Lordship under, as he said, circumstances of a rather peculiar character. Two bills had been found against Mr. de Zulueta for felony and misdemeanor. He was a highly respectable merchant of the City of London, and he was charged with conspiring, with other persons, to fit out a ship for the purpose of trading in slaves. The proceedings before the Grand Jury were of course entirely ex parte, and no application had been made to any magistrate. The first intimation which Mr. de Zulueta had of the fact was his being taken into custody, and he knew nothing of the nature of the charge beyond what was entered in the police-sheet.
The Recorder asked, was the defendant present?
Mr. Clarkson said he was in custody, and was on his way to the Court.
The Recorder asked, what was the application which Mr. Clarkson wished to make?