A. He might have had a motive, but I did not know it: he never consulted any person in what he used to do; and he has often interrupted me in the discharge of my duty.
Q. In what part of the ship did the suspension take place?
A. On the awning deck.
Q. And when it happened in so open and conspicuous a situation, as that it was impossible it must not have been seen by the ship’s company; why was it not a more general subject of conversation?
A. I suppose it was, but I had not an opportunity of hearing it, except between Pearson and Cruise.
Q. What was the cause of your having at length disclosed this murder with which you now charge the prisoner?
A. I was solicited by Mr. Lloyd, a Banker at Birmingham, to give an account of the firing on the Town of Calabar; and from that relation, this account followed as a casual circumstance. I told it to Mr. Wilberforce the day before he made his speech in the House of Commons: but I never intended to prosecute or appear in evidence against Captain Kimber.
Q. So then this murder remained a secret until the day before Mr. Wilberforce made his Speech in the House of Commons?
A. No: I told it to persons in private.
Q. How often had you sailed as a surgeon before this time?