CO129-040 - General Jervois - 1852 [3-12] — Page 49

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with pictols _ saw the Captain's

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dead body dragged out by three or four of the prisoners, but does not know by which of them Three or four days after prisoner Valeris Fernandez told withers that

had murdered the

The

prisoner Captain that

apaich to

до

every one

ستيك

was

into the Cabin to Kill

the Captain__ that he Valeris

Fernandez then did so-

no

This Confession voluntary - And no conversation.

the subject with Macaris Corpos-

After death

Captain - prismer

Santiago Andrs took Command the Ship - Prisoner Valeris Fernandez also exercired authority over the Crew. Witness has been about twenty-four years at Sea.

"Herald"

provisions

was as well

as any

found in

other ship

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witness had been in - Allowance

اتر

of provisions consisted of tweive pound of meat dails - Six pound of biscuit per week to each man= pudding, lime juice and sugar were ales provided _ They had sufficient food - Captain and first mate treated the Crew well. 2nd mate sick the whole of the

passage-

struck me

the

Captain

ree

of the prisoners for

not steering well - another disobedience of orders; this occurrel cleven days after

of

about nine or

leaving Shanghai - Prisoner Simas

Buzilis

a

was struck with stun-cail yord - witness' impression

ཆེ་-

is that the prisoners were all combined but cannot, save as in his direct evidence, resign any

particular

reason

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