Category: AMERICAN STATE TRIALS VOLUME 10, NINETEEN EIGHTEEN
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694 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.noble man of the world to go and see Bill Cook and persuadehim and do what he could to keep him quiet!No. Her game was to impress on Mr. Candler that Cook“thas eanght me red-handed, is…
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MRS. HERMAN H, HIRSCH. 695Candler’s influence and power. Not to ask him to supporther in a denial which Cook would never dare to bring againsttheir combined statements, No, she wanted to impress Cand-ler that Handsome Bill was going to tell…
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696 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.the voices of law and fact, as determined hy the evidence.Any juror who listens to any other voice dishonors his posi-tion, disgraces the state and destroys the purposes of trial byjury. The indictment charges Mrs. H.…
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MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCH. 697evidence strong enough to exelude every other reasonablehypothesis.Tt is immaterial whether the prosecutor waa guilty of adult-ery or not, Even if the jury believe that the improper rele-tions did take place, nevertheless if Mrs, Hirsch and…
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698 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.with the ease as far as her guilt or innocence was concerned.The jury must not allow the position of the prosecutor asmayor, his power or past record to influence them.THE VERDICT AND SENTENCE.The Jury retired and…
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THE TRIAL OF PEDRO GIBERT, BERNARDODE SOTO, FRANCISCO RUIZ, NICOLA COS-TA, ANTONIO FERRER, MANUEL BOY-GA, DOMINGO DE GUZMAN, JUANANTONIO PORTANA, MANUELCASTILLO, ANGEL GARCIA,JOSE VELAZQUEZ, ANDJUAN MONTENEGRO,FOR PIRACY, BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTSTHE NARRATIVE.In Angust, 1832, the Ameriean brig Mexican, which wasowned by one‘ of…
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700 XY. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.they were all jailed, and taken subsequently to Boston whereall of them but one, who had committed suicide while in pris-on, were put on trial before a Federal Court, presided overby Mr. Justice Story, for piracy.‘The…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS. 701ing off the coast of Afriea for slavers, had fallen in with, and eap-tared, the Spanish schooner Panda, and that several of the crewof that vessel had been identified as the persons who robbed thebrig Mexican,…
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702 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Salem, and after the usual formalities, surrendered his eharge intothei hands; stating that the English government waived their rightto try and punish the prisoners, in favor of the United Staten,against whom the prineipal offense had been…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS. 703One hundred and fifty jurors were in attendance, under thevenire previously issued. 5Captain Gibert, and his mate Bernardo de Soto, throngh theirSisvery Standard” in New York (1843-1844). Died in Wayland,fas,?Hruuarp, Gzorcz Srm~man, (1808-1879). Born Machias,Me.; graduated…
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704 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.eenior counsel, Mr, Child, availed themselves largely of their rightto object to the jurors, aa called by the clerk; ehallenging the fullnumber (twenty) allowed by law. The following jurors were even-tually selected, impanelled and sworn: Jeremiah…
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PEDEO GIBERT AND OTHERS. 705arrived in 33 deg. N. lat. and 94, 30, W. lon. she fell in witha suspicious looking vessel from which she made many efforts,‘but unsuccessfully, to escape. This vessel, a schooner, hav-ing come up with the…
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106 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.to some accident, she shortly afterwards blew up, therebyKilling several of the Curlew’s men. Capt. Trotter then sailedto other ports, still making efforta to discover the crew ofthe Panda, and at last succeeded in arresting the…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.707that he had two long guns; there‘was also something covered upamidships, can’t aay whether itwas a gun or not—asked wherewe were from and whither wewere boond—told him—he thenasked what our cargo was—eaidit was saltpetre and tea, He…
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708X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.Havana and African trade. Thegana were of brass, think theywere long twelve pounders.Benjamin Brown Head. Ammate of the Mexican. At fourA. M. came on deck, and was toldof the cireumstance by the see-ond mate—when he told me…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.709me there. He came back, andasked me where my watch was,but before I had time to tell him,he had it out of my pocket; thenasked me where my money was.Tt was hidden, but I told himI would…
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710X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.ber the shape of his nosee—thinkhe wore 6 blue jacket—he was amiddle-sized man, not very stout.‘When I saw Ruiz at Salem, didnot tell any one st the time thatI recognized him. Think theremight be abont sixty men…
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PEDEO GIBERT AND OTHERS,71‘Think Ruiz had on a blue jacketand cap; when he eame on board,told his comrades to get some-thing, Pirates hailed us in goodEnglish; could mderstand themyeadily; language rather foreignaceent, First saw the men ondeck of Mexican; saw…
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712X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.feit all claims to favor, and beconsidered in the same light asthe prisoners at the bar. He wasthen sworn npon a Bible, anthen-ticated by the Catholic bishop ofthis place, and permitted, throughthe medium of the interpreter, tocommence…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.713at the brig that Captain Gibert‘waa angry and sent another maninto the maintop to keep a look-out with me. Shortly after saw2 sail, and sung out to the cap-tain, who asked her where she‘waa—I said astern of…
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714X, AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.tain’s orders to count out $5,000,and leave it there for him. Weleft the $5,000, and tock sway$6,000, which was all that re-mained. This sum was dividedamong us. We were told that thecaptain was going to divide it,and…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.715rer’s), but a long nose, His hairwas black and curly, If boat-swain were alive, every onewould know him by the ent acroashis nose, He was about the mid-dle size; sometimes wore a strawhat, sometimes a cap; generallywore…
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716 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.‘Mr. Child here expressed himself very 5\ in relation to theofficer for the government and the court. He said he had never wit-neesed sueh an exercise of the power of the powerful againat theweak, and stated…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.717four or five days after it hadbeen carried to Cape Lopes, Itwaa buried at first before theschooner was taken, and remained buried till after the Eng-lish took her. The captain thensent word that all hands shouldrun away,…
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718X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.hey in the eanoe, he (the eaptain)asked why she had not beenBlown up; the carpenter said hedid not know why an explosionhad not taken place. The eap-tain and mate asked him why hehad not bursted a barrel…
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PEDEO GIBERT AND OTHERS.719reiterating the assertion that he could not write. He was asked, hesaid by the government at Fernando Po to sign his name to thedeposition he made there, but he eould not do it, and was thereforetold to…
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720 X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.never, They were not permittedto speak to any one except in thepresence of a sentinel, On boardthe Pands was a sailor who couldspeak English, his name was Per-ico; he was a fat white man; donot know…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.721up, Capt. Gibert hailed the Eng-lish captain and ordered him tocome on board, The latter saidhis boat leaked so badly, wouldnot be able to keep her afloat.Capt. Gibert again told the Eng-lish captain to come on boardquickly.…
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722X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.which we found on fire; was thefirst that boarded her. The firstthing we did was to put out thefire which we found in the maga-xine below the cabin floor. Oneof our men went down and founda quantity…
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PEDRO GIBERT AND OTHERS.723ashore. Don’t think Perez wasin the boat; there were only twoof the prisoners, and they werethe men whom I have mentioned.Remember going to the riverBona in the Curlew. Some ofthe prisoners ‘were on board the‘anza, and others…