Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, jun., on a Charge of Slave Trading, under 5 Geo. IV, cap. 113, on Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of October, 1843, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London / A Full Report from the Short-hand Notes of W. B. Gurney, Esq.

by Pedro de Zulueta; William Brodie Gurney

Cross-examined by Mr. Kelly.

You were on board this vessel at Portsmouth?—Yes.

Do you recollect a number of large water-casks, and a good many small ones, that there were on board the vessel at Portsmouth?—Yes.

That Bankes and his son were working at for some time?—Yes.

You sailed with them on board from Portsmouth to Liverpool?—Yes.

Were not they sent out at Liverpool, and sold to Mr. Toplis, the agent, who shipped the goods?—I know very well they were put on shore.

And the vessel sailed without them?—I am not very sure whether they were put on board again.

Did you ever see them again?—No.

Were there not some iron bolts and screws, which had been on board the vessel formerly, made up and thrown overboard while the vessel remained at Portsmouth?—No, not to my recollection.

You do not know any thing of that kind?—No.