has a wound, and that he managed to seize the belaying pin and threw himself after a few seconds on the aggressor who gave him the blow, James Brown whilst the other two individuals who had entered the cabin threatened him with sticks, and that he managed also to disarm John Cottle on aiming a blow which did not reach him as he stopped it with his arm. He was without letting Robert Smith approach him as he was defending the door of the cabin to prevent his egress.
and from these he threatened him with a stick and he declared that the sticks to which he refers were wooden belaying pins, when they saw that he had possession of the iron belaying pin they went out from the cabin and left him alone. And that after a short time James Brown returned with water to wash the wound he himself had inflicted and that whilst he was washing there appeared six armed seamen under command of an Officer and with the
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has a wound, and that he
managed to seire the belaying pin and threw himself after
· few seconds on the
who
aggressor gave him the blow, James
Brown whilst the other two.
individuals who had entered
the cabin threatened him-
with sticks, and that he
managed also to disarm John
Cottle on
aiming
a blow which
did not reach him as he stopped it with his arm __
he
was
without letting Robert Smith; approach him as defending the door of the _ cabin to prevent his egress
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and from these he threatened - him with a stick and he.
declared that the sticks to
which he refers were wooden
baw
belaying pins, when they that he had possession of the
iron
belaying pin they went out from the cabin and left him alone. and that after a short time James-
Brown returned with water
to wash the wound he
himself had inflicted and
that whilst he was
washing there appeared six armed seamen under command of an Officer and with the
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