784 Slide – American State Trials 1918 Volume X Leo Frank Document

752 X,. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

bett’a Parliamentary Tables,’’ by which he said he could
show what kind of men had found their way into the British
navy. He could show the names of upwards of 3000 lieuten-
ants, many of them veterans in the eervice, who had been su-
perseded by beardless youths.

The Court said that any established work of science could
be quoted in evidence, but the mere opinions of a writer, rel-
ative to the conduct of a government, or of individuals, could
not be admitted.

Mr. Child. Had an announcement been made of the loss of
life consequent upon the capture of the Panda, a court of
inquiry would have been held upon the subject. But no an
nouncement had been made. There is also the probability
of Capt. Trotter having yielded in some way to the influ-
ence of corruption. Bacon, one of the greatest men that Eng-
land ever produced, had taken a bribe of one thousand pounds,
and why might not a similar course be pursued by Capt.
Trotter? Could we bring some men before us who were at
Prince’s Island at the same time with the schooner, I think
we could prove to you that the Panda was there searched by
British officers, and declared not to be the one which com-
mitted the robbery.

Mr. Dunlap begged Mr. Child to suppress any further re-
marks on this subject, or he should be obliged to disclose some

facts that would prove fatal to the prisoners, He said he’

possessed evidence to show that an American vessel arrived
at Prince’s Island about May, 1833, bringing intelligence of
the robbery; and that upon the intelligence becoming known,
the Panda immediately fled.

Mr. Child. Mr. Quentin had testified that a seaman named
Turnbull took the match from a bag of powder in the Panda’s
magazine. In connection with this statement I wish the jury
to bear in mind that this same man had been disrated in the
British services, And here I would ask, why, if this money
‘was left on the coast of Africa, has it never been traced?
You have been told, also, that dollars are not current on the
coast of Africa. Such an assertion, I think you must know