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726 X¥. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

Mr. Dunlap. I searcely know
what Mr. Child means by re-
etricting the prisoners. I be-
lieve the other counsel (Mr,
Hilliard) would not say what Mr.
Child had said.

Mr. Hilliard was perfectly sat-
isfied with the conduct of the
Distriet Attorney on this as on
all other occasions, and should
always feel happy in being op-
posed to the gentleman,

Bimon Domingo. [Witness
identified the captain, and mate,
and the remainder of the prison-
ers.) Went with the Panda
from Prince’s Island to the River
Nazareth. When arrived there,
came to an anchor, and lay there
for four months, “doing noth-
ing.” They had previously trad-
ed for negroes. Soon as they
came to anchor, the eaptain and
officers all went ashore, and
I saw no more of them on
board, The schooner was after-
‘wards set on fire and eunk, She
was boarded by the English in
four boats. The carpenter tried
to set her on fire, and the erew
all took to their boats and went
ashore. The carpenter was the
lest man on board, and went
ashore in & canoe; do not know
how the carpenter meant to set
the vessel on fire; saw him take
fire from the galley, got scared,
and went into the boats; went on
shore, and staid some time on the
beach—afterwarda returned to
the Panda, of which the English
had then possession, When I
joined the Panda, she was under
the Spanish flag; heard all the
prisoners say that the Panda
came from Havena.

Cross-eramined, Was four
months on board the Panda.
Heard some of the prisoners con-
fess to the captain of the Eng-

lish brig; know of no induee-
ment held out to them te make
them eonfess; some of them are
here who confessed; some eon-
fessed on shore at Fernando Po}
‘one only on board the brig—the
rest denied it. The one who con-
fessed on board the brig was 3
small mulatto, named Domingo
Guzman. He is now present.
The confession was made to the
captain of the Curlew in the
eabin, The prisoners were called
in singly; was present in irons;
heard all that was said; was
called in to interpret what I could,
as Captain Trotter did not un
derstand the Indian Janguage;
confession was written down by
Captain Trotter. Being on
shore at Fernando Po, heard the
other prisoners confess before
Gumman made his confession.
All the others, five in number,
confessed together. Know all
their names. They are Monte-
negro, Garcia, Castillo, Peres,
and Delgardo. All refused to
state any thing at first, but told
all afterwards; think the confes-
sion of Perez was written down,
az all the English were writing
at the time, Remember seeing
the justice writing, but don’t
know what he wrote. Plenty of
people present, Know Captain
Trotter was present. All the
prisoners were in one room, bat
ealled up singly to be examined.
Perez confessed first and boat-
swain next; did not see boat-
swain sign any thing; all were
sworn by the justice before eon-
fessing. Castillo next confessed.
Two of those who confessed are
dead—the boatswain and Del-
gardo. During the four months
that I was on board the
Panda, never heard any thing
said of the robbery of the Mez-

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