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Monthly Chronicle.
across the water ? he said , he had some at Amsterdam . I carried a letter for him directed lo his friends at that place . He told Quigley that his goods' would be searched , for no goods ever went to the quay of Margate Without being . searched . . ' John Dyason , nephew to Parkins's servant ; he slept in the next room to where O'Connor and Ouigley slept . In the morning he heard a passing and repassing :, and heard money counted . He heard a pen going as if they were writing , and heard some one say it was wrong , but cotild hot tell who . Could hear the
writing going on without listening . There is a partition of wainscot between both , and a lattice at the top . .. ...... Mr . Parkins being called , said , lhat Ihe partition was lath and plaster , and run tip tothe top of the cieling . ' Mr . King , the Under Secretary of State , was present when a small mahogany trunk was broke open at the Duke of Portland ' s Office . ' He sealedit up , it contained guineas , louis d ' ors , & c . amounting to 1000 I . ' In a canvas bag found in the boxthere was a marked bthe witness ' s initialsthis was tied
, paper y ; paper to the . money ; it stood forCaplain Jones , and described the quantity of money contained in it ( 75 guineas' ) . The witness found nothing else but the rouleaus . The rouleaus were not . all alike . There were in the box fuiir ivory cylinders taken out of a dressing-box , with a black leather cover , with guineas in them . ' He found a scrap of paper , which was taken out of the dressing-box . It was a direction to write bv William Williamsfrom Canterbury . The-witness received th' : box from Mr . Ford , and in the joint possession of him and Mr . Ford it remained ever since .
Mr . Ford was present when a small money box was broke open . He had received it from Fugion and Revett , at Bow-street . He saw a dressing box with a black leather case broke open . They were not opened at Bow-street , and the Secretary of State ordered them to be brought to his office , ' where they were broke open . Binns immediately acknowledged his name , ' as did ' O'Connor . Mr . Fugion swore to the small heavy box being in his possession from the time he took it at Margate till he came to London . A smith was fetched to open the small box . . ' ¦'' - '
. - Revett assisted in carrying Ihe small chest and dressing box to London ; and , they were not opened till they came 10 the Secretary of State ' s Office . ' Thomas Hockless , a pan owner of the Whitstable hoy , saw Quigley before . He went to receive the freight from him . He paid the witness one guinea in the name of Colonel Morris , for parcels and passengers . :. Henry Thombset , of-Offham , in the county of Kent , labourer , was at the Bear and Key , at Whiistablr ,. on the 26 th of February . He was in the tap-room ' where the servants wereThe man in his hearing demanded a guinea and 3
.. half for the carriage of the goods ; the witness said he would take them for a ? guinea , and agreed to it . Colonel Morris was not there at the time . But be ( the witness ) , settled with Captain Jones to go . tor Margate . Captain Jones walked along with him , and told the witness . if lie met . Colonel Morris he should soon return to London , as Colonel Morris was ' going to the West Indies ; Captain Jones asked the witness his business , and be told him what he was , and that Die people of Whitstable were all in a bauble about these people , and didnot
. know what to think of them . Captain Jones said in conversation to . him , that he had been at sea , and had been commander of the Morgan Ratler in the last war . When they got to the innat-Margate he took out a coat ; and gave it to his servant ; Allen ; it was soihethieg'like the coat in court , but he could not say it was it . The witness seeing O'Connor after this , said to Allen the servant , is that Colonel Morris ? The other replied—*• by Jesus I don't know ;" and afterwards said" bv Jesus it is" Captain Jones ' him the guinea for
, . gave tbe carriage of the goods . .- ,: . ' ¦ ¦ < Cross-examined . —He had no conversation of consequence with his sister as to the evidence he should give on this trial . He said , he did not declare to his sister , that he would hang the prisoners , nor take away their lives if they had an hundred . Nor did he tell his sister , nor any body else , that he was to' get money for his evidence . He said , he had declared he would not take iool . from Mr , O'Connor ; he would not lake it for bribery . He knew no such woman as Mary
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Monthly Chronicle.
across the water ? he said , he had some at Amsterdam . I carried a letter for him directed lo his friends at that place . He told Quigley that his goods' would be searched , for no goods ever went to the quay of Margate Without being . searched . . ' John Dyason , nephew to Parkins's servant ; he slept in the next room to where O'Connor and Ouigley slept . In the morning he heard a passing and repassing :, and heard money counted . He heard a pen going as if they were writing , and heard some one say it was wrong , but cotild hot tell who . Could hear the
writing going on without listening . There is a partition of wainscot between both , and a lattice at the top . .. ...... Mr . Parkins being called , said , lhat Ihe partition was lath and plaster , and run tip tothe top of the cieling . ' Mr . King , the Under Secretary of State , was present when a small mahogany trunk was broke open at the Duke of Portland ' s Office . ' He sealedit up , it contained guineas , louis d ' ors , & c . amounting to 1000 I . ' In a canvas bag found in the boxthere was a marked bthe witness ' s initialsthis was tied
, paper y ; paper to the . money ; it stood forCaplain Jones , and described the quantity of money contained in it ( 75 guineas' ) . The witness found nothing else but the rouleaus . The rouleaus were not . all alike . There were in the box fuiir ivory cylinders taken out of a dressing-box , with a black leather cover , with guineas in them . ' He found a scrap of paper , which was taken out of the dressing-box . It was a direction to write bv William Williamsfrom Canterbury . The-witness received th' : box from Mr . Ford , and in the joint possession of him and Mr . Ford it remained ever since .
Mr . Ford was present when a small money box was broke open . He had received it from Fugion and Revett , at Bow-street . He saw a dressing box with a black leather case broke open . They were not opened at Bow-street , and the Secretary of State ordered them to be brought to his office , ' where they were broke open . Binns immediately acknowledged his name , ' as did ' O'Connor . Mr . Fugion swore to the small heavy box being in his possession from the time he took it at Margate till he came to London . A smith was fetched to open the small box . . ' ¦'' - '
. - Revett assisted in carrying Ihe small chest and dressing box to London ; and , they were not opened till they came 10 the Secretary of State ' s Office . ' Thomas Hockless , a pan owner of the Whitstable hoy , saw Quigley before . He went to receive the freight from him . He paid the witness one guinea in the name of Colonel Morris , for parcels and passengers . :. Henry Thombset , of-Offham , in the county of Kent , labourer , was at the Bear and Key , at Whiistablr ,. on the 26 th of February . He was in the tap-room ' where the servants wereThe man in his hearing demanded a guinea and 3
.. half for the carriage of the goods ; the witness said he would take them for a ? guinea , and agreed to it . Colonel Morris was not there at the time . But be ( the witness ) , settled with Captain Jones to go . tor Margate . Captain Jones walked along with him , and told the witness . if lie met . Colonel Morris he should soon return to London , as Colonel Morris was ' going to the West Indies ; Captain Jones asked the witness his business , and be told him what he was , and that Die people of Whitstable were all in a bauble about these people , and didnot
. know what to think of them . Captain Jones said in conversation to . him , that he had been at sea , and had been commander of the Morgan Ratler in the last war . When they got to the innat-Margate he took out a coat ; and gave it to his servant ; Allen ; it was soihethieg'like the coat in court , but he could not say it was it . The witness seeing O'Connor after this , said to Allen the servant , is that Colonel Morris ? The other replied—*• by Jesus I don't know ;" and afterwards said" bv Jesus it is" Captain Jones ' him the guinea for
, . gave tbe carriage of the goods . .- ,: . ' ¦ ¦ < Cross-examined . —He had no conversation of consequence with his sister as to the evidence he should give on this trial . He said , he did not declare to his sister , that he would hang the prisoners , nor take away their lives if they had an hundred . Nor did he tell his sister , nor any body else , that he was to' get money for his evidence . He said , he had declared he would not take iool . from Mr , O'Connor ; he would not lake it for bribery . He knew no such woman as Mary