Q. Did you not mutiny?
A. Never.
Q. Did you not strike the prisoner?
A. I did, after he had abused and struck me on board his ship.
Q. You collared and held him?
A. Yes, at the cabin door; when the first and second mate came and seized me, and by the prisoner’s orders, I was put into irons, where I continued twenty-four hours; and I was afterwards excluded from the cabin, and obliged to mess with the common men.
Q. Did you not tell a Mr. Jacks that you would be revenged on Captain Kimber?
A. No, I never said so.
Q. Did you not say you would work his ruin?
A. Never, there is not such baseness in my nature. I never made a declaration of the kind to any person: but I said I would advertise him for his treatment of me. After my arrival in Bristol about Christmas last, I applied to Mr. Jacks, who was part owner of the Recovery, for my wages: he only paid me a part of them: I then complained to him of Captain Kimber’s treatment, but did not disclose the murder.