Mr. Justice Maule. I suppose the object of the evidence is to show that there was no mention in these papers of Mr. Zulueta having any thing to do with it?
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. I ought to say there is the name of Zulueta and Co., the Spanish house at Cadiz.
Mr. Justice Maule. There is nothing found on board the vessel to indicate any concern that the Zuluetas in London had in freighting the ship or shipping the goods. I suppose it must be taken for granted, unless it is shown on the part of the prisoner that Mr. Zulueta’s name was in the document, that it was not his.
Mr. Kelly. The prosecutor is to make out his case that the prisoner at the bar equipped the vessel for the slave trade.
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. Employed it for that purpose.
Mr. Justice Maule (to Captain Hill.) Did you find any document mentioning the house of Zulueta in London?—None, but the papers before the Court.
And none of those mentioned any house in London?—The letter read is the only one.
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. We now produce certain letters found in the ship, not the ship’s papers. There is one in which the name was cut out, the letter authorising Captain Jennings to purchase the vessel; except that in, there is nothing to show they had any interest, or that they shipped the goods.
Mr. Justice Maule. These are all the papers found on board?
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. Now we are going to offer certain other letters.