A. I did not wish to concern myself about it, particularly as Captain Kimber had behaved to me as a friend. Besides, every seaman on board must have heard of, or known it: and the Surgeon and I have often talked of it since.
Q. Did you ever give any information of this affair, till you were sent for to London?
A. No.
Q. And when you appeared before the Magistrate in London, did you not say that you were ignorant of the cause of the girl’s death?
A. I did, for the reason I already mentioned, being delicate of doing any thing that might endanger the prisoner’s life. But I am now certain, that if she had not been punished in the manner she was, she would have lived, and been fit for market.
[Here Mr. Sylvester read the deposition of this witness, which was taken before Sir Sampson Wright, at Bow-street, about two months ago, when the prisoner at the Bar was brought before him, charged with the murder for which he was now tried: in this deposition the present witness Devereux had stated, that he did not believe the girl died in consequence of the punishment inflicted on her: a contrary testimony to which he now gave to the Court.]
Q. Did you venture to take any of your ship’s crew along with you, to give evidence of this business you now swear to?
A. No, they were all taken up at Bristol, and sent away.