In consequence of your knowing one or both of them, were you occasionally on board the vessel?—I was on board sometimes, almost the whole time.
Were you ever applied to to sail in the vessel?—Not directly.
Was any application made to you to join the vessel going any where?—An observation was made, but not a direct application.
You say you were on board; did you see the captain when he received any letters?—Yes; I generally saw him receive letters.
What is your occupation at Portsmouth?—A teacher of navigation.
Were you employed to teach anybody in that vessel?—I was giving Mr. Mottley instructions.
Mr. Justice Maule. What is the name of the gentleman?
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. Motley: M-o-t-l-e-y.—No; M-o-t-t-l-e-y.
You say you saw the captain receive letters; did you see him do any thing with any part of the letters?—He generally used to cut the name out.
Mr. Kelly. I must object to this. What can we have to do with all this? Here is a witness, of whom we never heard till to-day, to speak to what Captain Jennings has done with certain letters he received. How can that be made evidence against Mr. Zulueta, the prisoner at the bar? Any thing, which Mr. Zulueta authorised the captain to do, which he directed, or which he sanctioned after it was done, is evidence against him; but on what conceivable principle are the minds of the Jury to be perplexed and overloaded by circumstances taking place, which occurred in his absence, over which he had no control, and of which he had no knowledge till he hears it three years and a half afterwards?