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PEDEO GIBERT AND OTHERS.

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reiterating the assertion that he could not write. He was asked, he
said by the government at Fernando Po to sign his name to the
deposition he made there, but he eould not do it, and was therefore
told to make his mark. Witness here made an effort to write, but
finding he sould not, threw down the pen in despair, The Courr
wished it to be understood that this trial of the witness, although
permitted, could not be legally-called for by the prisoner's counsel.

Cross - examination continued.
Did not distrust Capt, Trotter's
promises to me at Fernando Po,
and say I only made my mark
that I might thereafter disavow
it as my signature. Was asked
by Capt Gibert and the mate,
when in prison in England, if T
had signed my deposition at Fer-
nando Po; said I had made a
mark, and they then said: “No
matter, you must deny every-
thing.” Have conversed with the
black cook of the Panda, An-
tonio Ferrer. Told the cook at
Plymouth while they ‘were con-
fined on board a seventy-four
there, that the captain wanted me
to deny everything, so that he
(the captain) might himself turn
State’s evidence, and hang all
the erew. Captain and mate
tried several times to induce me
to deny everything. Out of ten
words of English can perhaps
understand five; was in Salem
when the crew of the Mexican
testified; saw the captain and
cook of that vessel; heard them
talking and could not under-
stand them; saw them making
signs and pointing out the pris-
oners whom they knew—think I
recognized the captain of the
Mexican; believe he was one of
those who came alongside the
schooner in the brig’s boat; never
confessed at Salem, was only
asked to identify my mark at the
bottom of the deposition made at
Fernando Po; did not recognize
any others but the captain, there

‘were so many white people pres
ent, and white people are so
wueh like each other. The ves-
sel in which the eaptain and mate
went from Nazareth was after-
wards a prize to the Curlew; be-
lieve she was given up after-
wards as a bad prize; don’t know
whether she was taken because
she had pirates on board. She
was released in England about
twelva or thirteen days hefore wo
left for America; do not know
whether Capt. Trotter told when
we reached England that he had
pirates on board; saw some Eng-
lish newspapers, never read them,
none of the crew of the Panda
except myself were ever per-
mitted to go at large; Castillo
went in the boat once, to carry
an officer on shore, Capt Trot-
ter did not put the mate and eap-
tain of the Panda in irons. They
were all shut up in a room to-
gether. After some time an order
eame for them to be permitted to
walk the deck. Delgardo wes
with me; was bandeuffed to
him when they came ashore at
Salem. Capt. Gibert need to go
on deck in his chains; any of the
prisoners might do this. When
Castillo went on shore with the
mate could not have escaped if
he had wished; they were guard-
ed when on board a seventy-four
at Plymouth,

‘The vessel lay in the stream
and was never moved into the
harbor; ever heard of any one
offering to assist them to eseape,

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