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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.

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rer’s), but a long nose, His hair
was black and curly, If boat-
swain were alive, every one
would know him by the ent acroas
his nose, He was about the mid-
dle size; sometimes wore a straw
hat, sometimes a cap; generally
wore a light felt hat, with low
round crown; never saw other
felt hats on board the schooner.
Don’t know what shoes he wore
at the time; sometimes wore yel-
low, and sometimes black shoes;
erew wore shoes of both colors;
yellow shoes are made of un-
tanned skin; shoes sold for six
and eight riels (equal to seventy-
five cents_and one dollar) in
Havana. Don’t remember what
shoes Boyga wore; the officers
wore black shoes; one or two of
the men also had black shoes. Do
not remember whether the boats-
wain wore & jacket or not, on the
day of the robbery. He was 4

to wear a jacket at sea. The
sailors on board Guineamen sel-
dom wear jackets, but take one
with them, usually, in ease they
should go ashore at any port.
Do not know what color the
jeckers were that the sailors
wore, as I did not look particu-
larly at their backs. Do not re-
member whether any of the
crew wore monkey jackets
when they went on board the
Mexican. Boatswain had a jack-
ot, black. Ruiz, the carpenter,
had a pair of Nankin trowsers
—think he had a cape on.
The day we boarded the Mexican
the captain ordered us to abift
about; some to wear hats, and
some to wear caps; eaunot read
Spanish, Could distinguish the
letter on the boxes brought from
the Mexican, because I know four
letters of the alphabet, P, D, 0
aud U.

poor man, and could not afford

Peres here became impressed with the idea that the questions he
was asked were put with a view to make him criminate himself, and
got into a state of great excitement. He spoke in loud and rapid
tones, struck his breast and the rail of the stand in which he was
placed several times with great violence, and said he wanted to tell
how the captain hed divided the money, and made him and others
take it, His object was to exculpate himself, The Covrr was thrown
into great confusion, and was unable, for a considerable time, to stop
the voice of the witness, He was at last taken out, and being in a
state of great exhaustion, refreshment was procured for him.

The Courr remarked that if the witness imagined he was criminat-
ing himself, in answering the questions of Mr. Child, that delusion
ought to be removed: from his mind,

Mr. Child objected, on the ground that if the witness was under
the impression alluded to, he was still bound to speak the truth, and
‘he thonght that, possessing as the counsel for the prisoners did, suck
feeble materials for the defense, having no witnesses, they ought to
be allowed the benefit of any thing that might fall from the witness
under the existing state of his mind.

The District Attorney said the honor of the government had been
pledged to the witness that if he spoke the truth, no harm should re-
sult tothim, He thought it therefore his duty, both as regarded him-
self and the government, to do away with any such delusion as that
which now revied on the mind of the witness.

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