A. No: I lived aft; I heard nothing about it; Capt. Joy of the Lyra, was on board nearly all day.
Q. How were you stationed during the night?
A. The Captain, first and second mates, kept no watch during that night; the rest of the crew were stationed in three watches, in charge of the third mate and boat-steerers.
Q. Who had charge of the first watch during that night?
A. I had charge of the watch from 7 to 10 o’clock. At 8 the Captain came on deck, and had two reefs taken in the topsails, and at 9 went down, leaving me the orders for the night, to keep the ship by the wind, until two o’clock, and not to tack until the other watch came up; and on tacking, a light to be set for the Lyra who was in company, to tack also.
At 10 o’clock I went below, being relieved by the boat-steerer Comstock, to whom I passed the orders given me by the Captain,——(Here follows a detailed account of the mutiny, with which the reader has already been made acquainted.)
Q. Do you believe that Joseph Thomas had any knowledge of Comstock’s intent to commit murder that night?
A. I think he must have known something about it, according to his talk.
Q. Do you believe that any other person in the ship, besides those persons who committed the murder, knew of the intention?
A. Thomas Lilliston knew about it, because he went to the cabin door with an axe, and a boat knife in his hand, in company with the murderers, but he did not go below.