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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
notwithstanding the existing differences , were perf ctly loya ! to their Sovereign and Country ? A . The Seamen in the cabin said they were very loyal . O . Does your Lordship recollect a mark of loyalty , namely " , immediately as your Lordship entered the cabin door , the band striking up God save the King ? A . i remember the prisoner ordering ihe band , as I came into the cabin , lo play God save the King . I have no further questions to ask . Presid . In what ostensible situation did the Prisoner appear to be when your Lordship entered the cabin > A . He appeared to me as President of the people then
calling themselves Delegates . 0 . Was he the chief spokesman during your Lordshi p ' s conference with them f A . ~ Yeshewas . Pros . Did you receive '' Parker . I thought tbe evidence for the Crown had been done with . Judge-Advocate . If a prosecutor offers evidence , the prisoner has a right to crossexamine him ; if the pi isoner produces evidence , the prosecutor lias the same right . 0- Did you receive the letter now produced from the Prisoner ? I did . ' " SandwichNoreJune 61796 . —To the Hiht Honourable Earl NOKTHESX . —
, , , g llv Lord , —You are hereby required and directed to proceed to London with such papers as arc intr . sied to your rare , and to lay she same before our Gracious Sovereign Ki . ig George the thud , and to represent to our Gr . cious Sovereign that the Seamen al tiie Nore have been grossly misrepresented ; at ! he same t . me , if our Gracious Sovereign does n : t order us to oe redressed in 54 hours , such sieps will be taken as will astonish cur dear countrymen . And your Lord .-hip is request . d to send answer in ( he specified time , by your purser , who is to attend your Lordship . . I am your humble servant , Bvordcr cf ' . he Delegates of the whole-Fleetft . P . sr . KKnPros . '
, , ' My Lord , I am further to acquaint your Lordship , ( hat an oath has been taken by the Delegates of the Flee :, ihat ' iher never had any communication with Jacobins a nil Traitor-. ' K . PAHKEB , Pres . ' O . Did your Lordship r-ceivc that letter from the Prisoner ; did the Prisoner acknowledge it to be his -letter i A . The letter was delivered to me by the Prisoner .
Examined by PAHKKB . O . Was vour Lordship present at the writing ( he before mentioned letter ? A . I wtis present ' at the writing the last paragraph , beginning the words , ' my Lord , ' and ending with the words , ' Pilchard Parker , Pits ! ent , ' by the Prisoner . Court . Who dictated the letter ; was the latter part of it dictated by the Prisoner ? A . He wrote it himself , without any dictating . O . Does not your Lordship recollect seeing a shew of hands from the Delegatesassembled , ordering and insisting on the latter part <; f -. he letter being wrote ? A . Do " remember it
you mean the hitter pari of it ? Yes , the latter part of it . A . I was their wish that it should be expressed that they were neiti-. er Jacobins nor 'Iraitors , or words lo that ellect . ¦ Court . Was the latter part read to ( he Delegates after Parker wrote it . " A . I con t recollect . Q . Does vour Lordship remember whether the Committee wished ( 0 nave those words Jacobins and Traitors expressed before or after Park ; .- ! ' had it-mien the seijncj to that letter ? A . I do not recollect , but I believe it was before .
Captain JOHN KNIGHT , cf tbe Montague , . -worn . O . Do von recollect being on board his Majesty ' s ship the Sandwich during ( lie ' late existing differences ? A . I do perfectly v . ell , being on board more than 01 , 1 e . O . Were you ever impressed with any marks of loyalty shewn by the people assembled on board ? A . Bv music ; I have heard God save the King , Britons strike Koine : and 1 have heard expressions of lovaltv , that they venerated their Sovereign , and esteemed him ; I think i have heard the Prisoner say so himself ; and further , I have heard (> c Prisoner say , ( hat if there were a certainty that the Enemies' Fleet were a ! ' ofth
Sen , the ; - would tale the Fleet underrbcir dinvMri in search ' em . Conn . Did he say he or the Fleet ? A . He spoke 111 the plural number . He further said . That if the Dutch Flu ! was still in the Te . rel , Le would lead the Fleet , r . a > . d attack them , la prove to ' the Ka ' . i . nlhal they were neither Rebels norTraitors . 1 have no moie questions to i ; sk . ' . , Pros . Do you remember the flags hoisted on board the Sandwich the 29 th May and the 4 th J . mc " ? A . 1 was not at the Nore ( he 29 th May . On the 4 th of June I do remember the Standard al ( he fore , the Union at ihemizen , and a red flag at the main . Capt . Moss The Mutiny flag you mean i Capt . Knight . You may ' call it a Mutiny flag ; it was a plain red flag at ttie main , and the Union at the wizen .
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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
notwithstanding the existing differences , were perf ctly loya ! to their Sovereign and Country ? A . The Seamen in the cabin said they were very loyal . O . Does your Lordship recollect a mark of loyalty , namely " , immediately as your Lordship entered the cabin door , the band striking up God save the King ? A . i remember the prisoner ordering ihe band , as I came into the cabin , lo play God save the King . I have no further questions to ask . Presid . In what ostensible situation did the Prisoner appear to be when your Lordship entered the cabin > A . He appeared to me as President of the people then
calling themselves Delegates . 0 . Was he the chief spokesman during your Lordshi p ' s conference with them f A . ~ Yeshewas . Pros . Did you receive '' Parker . I thought tbe evidence for the Crown had been done with . Judge-Advocate . If a prosecutor offers evidence , the prisoner has a right to crossexamine him ; if the pi isoner produces evidence , the prosecutor lias the same right . 0- Did you receive the letter now produced from the Prisoner ? I did . ' " SandwichNoreJune 61796 . —To the Hiht Honourable Earl NOKTHESX . —
, , , g llv Lord , —You are hereby required and directed to proceed to London with such papers as arc intr . sied to your rare , and to lay she same before our Gracious Sovereign Ki . ig George the thud , and to represent to our Gr . cious Sovereign that the Seamen al tiie Nore have been grossly misrepresented ; at ! he same t . me , if our Gracious Sovereign does n : t order us to oe redressed in 54 hours , such sieps will be taken as will astonish cur dear countrymen . And your Lord .-hip is request . d to send answer in ( he specified time , by your purser , who is to attend your Lordship . . I am your humble servant , Bvordcr cf ' . he Delegates of the whole-Fleetft . P . sr . KKnPros . '
, , ' My Lord , I am further to acquaint your Lordship , ( hat an oath has been taken by the Delegates of the Flee :, ihat ' iher never had any communication with Jacobins a nil Traitor-. ' K . PAHKEB , Pres . ' O . Did your Lordship r-ceivc that letter from the Prisoner ; did the Prisoner acknowledge it to be his -letter i A . The letter was delivered to me by the Prisoner .
Examined by PAHKKB . O . Was vour Lordship present at the writing ( he before mentioned letter ? A . I wtis present ' at the writing the last paragraph , beginning the words , ' my Lord , ' and ending with the words , ' Pilchard Parker , Pits ! ent , ' by the Prisoner . Court . Who dictated the letter ; was the latter part of it dictated by the Prisoner ? A . He wrote it himself , without any dictating . O . Does not your Lordship recollect seeing a shew of hands from the Delegatesassembled , ordering and insisting on the latter part <; f -. he letter being wrote ? A . Do " remember it
you mean the hitter pari of it ? Yes , the latter part of it . A . I was their wish that it should be expressed that they were neiti-. er Jacobins nor 'Iraitors , or words lo that ellect . ¦ Court . Was the latter part read to ( he Delegates after Parker wrote it . " A . I con t recollect . Q . Does vour Lordship remember whether the Committee wished ( 0 nave those words Jacobins and Traitors expressed before or after Park ; .- ! ' had it-mien the seijncj to that letter ? A . I do not recollect , but I believe it was before .
Captain JOHN KNIGHT , cf tbe Montague , . -worn . O . Do von recollect being on board his Majesty ' s ship the Sandwich during ( lie ' late existing differences ? A . I do perfectly v . ell , being on board more than 01 , 1 e . O . Were you ever impressed with any marks of loyalty shewn by the people assembled on board ? A . Bv music ; I have heard God save the King , Britons strike Koine : and 1 have heard expressions of lovaltv , that they venerated their Sovereign , and esteemed him ; I think i have heard the Prisoner say so himself ; and further , I have heard (> c Prisoner say , ( hat if there were a certainty that the Enemies' Fleet were a ! ' ofth
Sen , the ; - would tale the Fleet underrbcir dinvMri in search ' em . Conn . Did he say he or the Fleet ? A . He spoke 111 the plural number . He further said . That if the Dutch Flu ! was still in the Te . rel , Le would lead the Fleet , r . a > . d attack them , la prove to ' the Ka ' . i . nlhal they were neither Rebels norTraitors . 1 have no moie questions to i ; sk . ' . , Pros . Do you remember the flags hoisted on board the Sandwich the 29 th May and the 4 th J . mc " ? A . 1 was not at the Nore ( he 29 th May . On the 4 th of June I do remember the Standard al ( he fore , the Union at ihemizen , and a red flag at the main . Capt . Moss The Mutiny flag you mean i Capt . Knight . You may ' call it a Mutiny flag ; it was a plain red flag at ttie main , and the Union at the wizen .