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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
0 . How long dm the heavy fire or the Repulse continue ? A . I believe about two hours , from beginning to end . O . From the Prosecutor : Did the Monmouth or the Director fire firs ! at the Repulse ? A . The Monmouth . [ Here the evidence for the Prosecution closed ; and then the Preside :: ! asked the Prisoner when he would be ready to enter upon his defence ? The Prisoner saying he could not be ready to-morrow , was asked , whether he could be ready on Monday ? He answered that he " thought he shouldand therefore the defence wasputoif ' till Monday ]
, . The Court adjourned at five o ' clock . SATURDAY , JUSE 24 . The Court opened at ten o ' clock this morning , and the Prisoner was introduced with the usual formalities . ' President . Prisoner , the Court has taken intoconsiderationthe request which you have made , of being supplied with extracts of the evidence , and they are cf opinion it cannot be legally granted .
Judge Advocate to the Prisoner . Ypu desired a list of the witnesses examined against j'ou . There they are . Parker . I thank you . President to the Prisoner . The Court has met this day , in orrfef to adioitm ( o Monday , ( hat you may have time to prepare for your defence . You have thus two days given you for that purpose , in consequence of Sunday intervening ; but jx-u cannot havea moment longer than Monday morning , and you must then ' be ready .-. Parker . That time is sufficient : I shall be prepared . JudAdvocateThe Prisoner that he be furnishedwith of
ge . requests may ' a copy the declaration he made before the Magistrates at Sheerness . President , The Court has nothing to do with that paper . He has certainly a right to it . It was accordingly delivered to him , together with pen , ink , and paper . Pres . to the Prisoner . You have hitherto had every indulgence : you shall have every indulgence during the remainder cf your trial . Whatever you " ask lor , with ¦ the view of enabling you to make your defence , shall be allowed to you , if it be in tiie power of the Court to grant it . The Prisoner replied , ' I thank you , Sir . '
The Court then adjourned ! o Monday next , nine o ' clock A . M . MONDAY , JUNE 26 , 1797 . The Court met at nine o'clock—when ( he Judge Advocate informed the Prisoner , that in consequence of his application for certain witnesses necessary for his defer . ee , those witnesses had been sent for to Sheerness , and were then present . The Court then informed the Prisoner that lie might proceed with his defence ; and asked him whether he choseto read it himself , or to let the Judge Advocate read it ? He replied that he would read itself . The Prisoner then addressed the Court in the following terms :
DEFENCE OF TIIE PRISONER . Gentlemen , As I have been at sea from my youth , I therefore hope nothing will be expected from me but a narrative of p lain fairs . I canr . oc . dress up my thoughts in the pompous language of a lawyer . Conk ! 1 have procured assistance , I might have been encdiled to have expressed myself with more propriety . In the first place , I have to return thanks to this Court for giving
me the time they have to defend myself against the very heavy charges brought against me . Nothing but the consciousness of the integrity of my intentions with respect to the Mutiny , and the refiecnon that I did not enter into it until two days after it commenced , and a firm conviction that I entered into it solely with the view of repressing the dangerous spirit I saw prevail in the Fleet , could have supported me - . ' . gainst such heavy charges , and sworn to by so many witnesses . The first witness called against me was
Vice-Admiral Buckner , who says he often saw me , and he acknowledges my behaviour to him was always resped ' tful . I never waited on Admiral Buckner without the express orders of the Delegates ; and when I did , studiously avoided spoiling with his feelings by improper behaviour ; on the contrary , I couched every message I had to deliver in the most respeftful terms I was able . It may be asked how I cune to be the person p itched upon to deliver
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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
0 . How long dm the heavy fire or the Repulse continue ? A . I believe about two hours , from beginning to end . O . From the Prosecutor : Did the Monmouth or the Director fire firs ! at the Repulse ? A . The Monmouth . [ Here the evidence for the Prosecution closed ; and then the Preside :: ! asked the Prisoner when he would be ready to enter upon his defence ? The Prisoner saying he could not be ready to-morrow , was asked , whether he could be ready on Monday ? He answered that he " thought he shouldand therefore the defence wasputoif ' till Monday ]
, . The Court adjourned at five o ' clock . SATURDAY , JUSE 24 . The Court opened at ten o ' clock this morning , and the Prisoner was introduced with the usual formalities . ' President . Prisoner , the Court has taken intoconsiderationthe request which you have made , of being supplied with extracts of the evidence , and they are cf opinion it cannot be legally granted .
Judge Advocate to the Prisoner . Ypu desired a list of the witnesses examined against j'ou . There they are . Parker . I thank you . President to the Prisoner . The Court has met this day , in orrfef to adioitm ( o Monday , ( hat you may have time to prepare for your defence . You have thus two days given you for that purpose , in consequence of Sunday intervening ; but jx-u cannot havea moment longer than Monday morning , and you must then ' be ready .-. Parker . That time is sufficient : I shall be prepared . JudAdvocateThe Prisoner that he be furnishedwith of
ge . requests may ' a copy the declaration he made before the Magistrates at Sheerness . President , The Court has nothing to do with that paper . He has certainly a right to it . It was accordingly delivered to him , together with pen , ink , and paper . Pres . to the Prisoner . You have hitherto had every indulgence : you shall have every indulgence during the remainder cf your trial . Whatever you " ask lor , with ¦ the view of enabling you to make your defence , shall be allowed to you , if it be in tiie power of the Court to grant it . The Prisoner replied , ' I thank you , Sir . '
The Court then adjourned ! o Monday next , nine o ' clock A . M . MONDAY , JUNE 26 , 1797 . The Court met at nine o'clock—when ( he Judge Advocate informed the Prisoner , that in consequence of his application for certain witnesses necessary for his defer . ee , those witnesses had been sent for to Sheerness , and were then present . The Court then informed the Prisoner that lie might proceed with his defence ; and asked him whether he choseto read it himself , or to let the Judge Advocate read it ? He replied that he would read itself . The Prisoner then addressed the Court in the following terms :
DEFENCE OF TIIE PRISONER . Gentlemen , As I have been at sea from my youth , I therefore hope nothing will be expected from me but a narrative of p lain fairs . I canr . oc . dress up my thoughts in the pompous language of a lawyer . Conk ! 1 have procured assistance , I might have been encdiled to have expressed myself with more propriety . In the first place , I have to return thanks to this Court for giving
me the time they have to defend myself against the very heavy charges brought against me . Nothing but the consciousness of the integrity of my intentions with respect to the Mutiny , and the refiecnon that I did not enter into it until two days after it commenced , and a firm conviction that I entered into it solely with the view of repressing the dangerous spirit I saw prevail in the Fleet , could have supported me - . ' . gainst such heavy charges , and sworn to by so many witnesses . The first witness called against me was
Vice-Admiral Buckner , who says he often saw me , and he acknowledges my behaviour to him was always resped ' tful . I never waited on Admiral Buckner without the express orders of the Delegates ; and when I did , studiously avoided spoiling with his feelings by improper behaviour ; on the contrary , I couched every message I had to deliver in the most respeftful terms I was able . It may be asked how I cune to be the person p itched upon to deliver