Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. Are you quite certain it was the same vessel you had captured before?—Yes, quite certain.
Who did you find in command of the vessel at that time?—A man of the name of Jennings.
In consequence of any suspicions you entertained, did you make application to him for the ship’s papers?—I asked for the ship’s papers directly I went on board—
Mr. Kelly. I must object to any thing that passed between the witness and Captain Jennings; the fact I do not object to.
Mr. Justice Maule. You do not object to the fact of his asking for and getting the papers?
Mr. Kelly. No; but it must be the fact alone. I never interpose when the Captain states facts.
Mr. Justice Maule. Did you ask for the ship’s papers?—
Mr. Kelly. To that I have no objection, and I do not object to the question of my learned friend; but it is the only way I have of warning Captain Hill not to give us other people’s statements.
Mr. Serjeant Talfourd. Did you obtain the papers in the first instance?—Yes; on going on board it is my duty to demand them, and I received them on board.
Were there any other papers subsequently given to you by Jennings, or did you receive them all at once?—I received other papers afterwards; I received the ship’s papers in the first instance.