states, - The Prisoner was
at Hongting
any one
shipped by
as a lascar Cunnie-Talso
ditrated him - Neither I Hopkins
else suggested that ditrating, I found out, after we put to sea, that he was unequal to the duty, and therefore I ditrated him :
Prisoner has no questions to ath and the Witness retires.
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Shaik Mahomed (a Mahomedan native of India) called into Court and sworn on the Koran - States as follows: I was Lascar or Head Lascar of the Brig Harlequin - I was in October last. I know the Prisoner at the Bar-He had been a lascar Cunnie but was disrated.
We were washing decks in the morning. Mr. Hopkins, the 2nd Mate, came forward and asked who was scrubbing the gratings. He was told it was the Prisoner. He ordered the Prisoner to be called and when he came, asked him why he had gone away. Prisoner said he had occasion to go to the Head. The Prisoner began to work at the grating. Mr. Hopkins struck him three times, and when he turned to walk away after the third blow, the Prisoner jumped up, rushed at, and stabbed Mr. Hopkins. The Witness was on the other side of the deck and could not distinctly see all that passed. He heard the blows given to the Prisoner. He thinks that 10 or 12 might have been counted before he was stabbed - Mr. Hopkins might have kicked Prisoner without Witness seeing it. He distinctly heard the blows.
BEX