Weller—Next morning the lieutenant sent me down to see if sir John was dead. I went down and asked the centinel for the key; he told me the captain had been there in the night, and had taken away the key in his pocket. I broke open the cabin-door, and sir John was lying on one side dead, with his right leg half up bent, his hat was over his face, with blood bespattered about his mouth and nose. I went directly up, and told the lieutenant of it.
The Recorder—By whose orders did you put the bolts on the door?
Weller—One of my people came to me for bolts, and told me he was ordered by the captain to put the bolts on; and none of them ever came for any thing to be done, without an order of an officer.
Edward Jones, sworn.
Vernon—Mr. Jones, I think you are the cooper of the ship Ruby?
Jones—Yes, Sir.
Vernon—Were you on board upon Sunday the 18th of January last?
Jones—Yes, Sir, I was.
Vernon—In what cabin did you lie that night?
Jones—I had no cabin, but I made bold to lie in the slop-room that night, having my wife on board.