Mr. Serjeant Bompas. Where did you find them?—In a secret place at the back of the cupboard.
Mr. Justice Maule. The cupboard; in what place?—In the cabin of the ship.
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. How came you to be looking there?—A boy, in putting the soup-tureen into the cupboard, happened to put it too far, and the tureen fell over; he told me—
Mr. Kelly. Tell us what you saw, not what he told you?—Consequently I got over and recovered the tureen, and I said, “Here is a store—”
Mr. Serjeant Bompas. Never mind what you said, but what you saw: you got up, and recovered the tureen?—Yes; and in searching about, I found these.
Did you do anything with them, or leave them there?—I put them on the table, and Mr. Mottley opened them.
What was done with them then?—They were put into a cabin abaft by the boy.
About what time was this, as near as you can tell?—About the middle of September, 1840.
Did you see any thing else in the cabin at all?—I have seen some shackles amongst the ballast.
Mr. Justice Maule. How many?—Oh, I do not know; it was mixed with the ballast, and one thing and another.