that sentence should be pronounced forth- with.
Mr Russell believed that was the usual practice.
His Honor said he would sentence each prisoner separately on each count; he was › determined no flaw in the procedure should lead to results arising in this case in carry- ing out the effect of this verdict, which should not happen.
THE PRISONERS' STATEMENTS.
The prisoners being called upon to say whether they had any reason to show why sentence of death should not be passed upon them,***
Alli, the first prisoner, said-John forced me to go and kill the captain. I was afraid of John; therefore I went with him and three other men who ran away. Brahim and Ou were also concerned in the case. John also gave orders to beat the chief officer. When I went aft I saw the captain lying there quite dead. I heard John ask Hassan, Brahim and on where was the chief officer, and Hassan replied "Be is dead.” John called out to all hands, "Come let us carry the bodies of the officers," and all the hands on board threw the bodies overboard, John then took command of the ship,
Hassan, the second prisoner, sald—I saw John, Brahim, and On kill the captain. After they had killed the captain Brahim killed the chief officer by stabbing him on the neck. Atai, Suliman, and Awat best the second officer with irons on his head. He was then lying in his bunk. After all the officers ware killed John gave orders to change the courke, He then called all bands on board so go into the ashin and wash the blood, I went and washed the blood, and John asked me and others to go into the saloon and take coffee. After hav- ing my coffee I went to bed. When I went to bed John and, Brahim went into the captain's cabin and overhauled all his pro- perty there. Brahim then gave me $35, and told me to keep it safe for them. He told me not to give it to anybody, and when we landed we would share it amongst ourselves. When we arrived at Bankoka we divided the money amongst ourselves, each getting $2.50.
John, the third prisoner, said-It was not only myself who killed the captain, but all of us were engaged in it. Sudeen and Alli beat the chief officer on his head with irons. The chief officer ran out of his cabin, and they ran after him. When the chief officer ran out of his own cabin he ran into the other where we were. There Brahim and On eut him with a knife and killed him. Then Hassan, Atai, and Awat killed the second officer. After killing them they threw the bodies overboard. did not assist in throwing the bodies away, because I was suffering from a sore on my arm. The captain did not give us sufficient food, and therefore we killed him. The ship was on a high sea, and there was a heavy rain. The captain would not allow us to go into the forecastle and he nailed the doors. The captain was always beating me, the other two prisoners, and the whole of us, because, he said, we did not know our work. All the araw complained to me that they could not stand the treatment of the captain, and Peter said "Come let us kill the captain." Hassan (the second pri- soner) undertook to do so, After they killed the captain and officers the others took possession of the ship and navigated the ship to Palawan. I know nothing of navigation. Peter took charge of the com. pass and looked after the man at the wheel. All hands on board were engaged in sailing the vessel. Peter went into the captain's cabin and brought out a watch. Brahim also went in and came out dressed just like
the captain. Brahim had a small cast-box in his band and asked Peter to open it, he had a number of keys. When the box was opened I saw $35, which was handed over to Hassan. Brahim took the revolver which we got on the captain's cabin. Alli and On took two swords, Atai who has run away took the other. The ship was then taken to Palawan, When we duly arrived and had auchored, Peter ordered the hole to be made in the ship, which was accordingly done and the ship sunk. The three boa s were lowered down and we all got into them. We anchored near Palawan. We met a Bankoka boat which we followed, Peter asked where they belonged to and what sort of a place it was, and then we reso.ved to follow ¡ her,
We followed the boat and went into the Palawan river. A Bankoka man told me that if we took the Chinamen into Baa- koka we would get into trouble. Alli, Brahim and On killed the carpenter.
Hassan, Peter, and myself killed the cook. The boy in the boat was killed by Brahim and Cn. That is all I have to say.
His Lordship, having retired and assumed the black cap, addressing the prisoners by name, auid-You have all three been cou- victed upon evidence which is as conclusive to my mind as evidence can be, of orimes the most dreadini which have been known here or some time. You have been con. victed of the murder of the captain, and the first and second officers of your ship, and you have committed a piracy of a most outrageous kind, destroying that which you could not make use of and stealing ame few things you wanted. It is usel. sa for me to impress on your minds the enor mity of the crimes. Their very enormity shows that all of you are completely dead to humanity and entirely blind to any sense of what is bad and wicked. That consider ation must satisfy every thinking persons that the severest penalty that can be in- flicted must be inflicted for the protection of life and property at ses. You have been found guilty on the first count of the mur- der of William Francis Giese, the captain of your ship, and for that each of you must pay the penalty of his life. The sen. tence of the Court is that you Alli, Bassan and John, and each of you be taken to the place from whence you came and thence to the place of execation, and that you be executed at such time and place as Bis Excellency the Governor shall appoint, and that you be hung by the neck till you be dead, and that your bodies be buried in such place as His Excellency the Governor shall dir.ct. His Lordship in the same formal manuer passed sentence of death on each for the murder of the mate, then for the murder of the second mate; these were the second and third counts of the indict- ment. (A nolli prosequi was entered in the fourth count, to save the Court from the ridiculous position of sentencing to a term of imprisonment three men who will be hung at an early date.) John the third prisoner was formally sentenced to death on the fifth and again on the seventh count, the sixth count was abandoned as against all the prisoners. The prisoners did not aeem in the slightest way concerned or troubled by their position, receiving the intelligence of the verdict and the inter- pretation of Judge's remarks with the utmost indifference.
The Court did not rise until about three a.m. and then adjourned till Thursday, the case had thus occupied the Court and jury 16 hours. His Honor thanked the jurors for the attention to the case for such a long period, and remarked that the Colony could not but be grateful for the self- sacrifice they had displayed, and the great willingness they had shown to fully hear and consider this important osLS.
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