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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
he was not to be intimidated . ' About the 4 ( h of June I received a letter from Parker , stiling himself ' President : ' it was signed ' Richard Parker , ' and stated , ' that Administration had acted improperly in stopping the provisions allowed to the men , and that the foolish Proclamation was calculated to inflame the minds of honest men . ' I have nothing particular to relate now as a narrative ; I have had frequent conferences with the Prisoner at the head of many others , with a hope of bringing them to a sense of their bad conduct , without any good effect ;
The Prisoner Parker in genera ! took the lead as their spokesman , frequently appealing to the personsaround him , as speaking for the rest : he even appealed 'O them whether it was their wish he should do so ; and prevented with threats one ' man in particular from answering a question I had put to him . . He said to this man , ' If you don't hold your tongue , I'll take care of you . ' i have ' to add , while ' I was on board , I once endeavoured to prevail on those , vhp stiled themselves Delegates to remove the disgraceful ropes called yard ropes ; their , answer was , that the ship ' s company would not suffer it . Parker was insolent in his
conversation , but often otherwise ; there was often a great deal of modesty in his deportment , and apparent respect . On his cross examination , he acknowledged that he had never seen the Prisoner in any over-acts of mutiny ; arid that lie had endeavoured to apologize for his ( Admiral Buckner ' s ) not being received on board with the honour due to ' him , as it originated in some mistake ; but he conceived that by making such apology , he must have some command in the ship . ' Lieutenant Justicesecond lieutenant of the Sandwichknew nothing of the
, , Prisoner , and could speak only to the mutiny in general . ' ' Capt . O'Bryen , of the Nassau ; Capt . Harcq ' nrt , of the Agamemnon ; Capt . Cobb , of the Lion ; Tho . Parr , of the Standard ; Capt . W ' atson of the lsis ; and Capt . Harwood of the Leopard , did not know the Prisoner . ' Mr . Snipe , the surgeon of the Sandwich , said he knew the Prisoner , who was a supernumerary on board that ship . ' He never recollected , him before the 14 th ' of May , on the afternoon of which day he was ordered to attend a punishment of
one of the seamen , whose name was Campbell ; it was Mr . Bray , the Master , who ordered me , he having the command of the ship . He said it was the Committee ' s . order that I should attend . When I went upon deck , the Prisoner was standing ; on the gang-way . As soon as the rope was lied up , the Prisoner made a speech to the ship's company , acquainting them of Campbell's crime . He said he had violated the laws laid down by the Committee , and he must expect to share that fate . This was the general purport of his speech . Two or three days after , one of the ship ' s corporals , whose name is Wilson , came ! o me in the ward-roon ) ,
and gave orders that I should go immediately between decks , arid visit a man in irons , who was very ill . I went immediately , and saw a prisoner , who was then ' in irons , with a fever . I sent ( he ship ' s corpora ! to the Committee , to say ( hat it was absoiulely necessary that this man should be taken out of irons , and put ii \ the sick birth . The corporal returned , and said it was the Committee's orders that I should make my report first . I then went to ( he starboard side of the lower gun-deck , and there found a vast crowd of people assembled . I asked who I was to address ? The PrisonerParkerdesired me ( 0 address him . I ( old hiirr
, , it was necessary to remove the man in irons . The Prisoner then said , ' Il is not our intention to interfere with you at allj you may do with the sick whatever you think proper . ' When I entered what they called the Committee-room ,-one of the people , whom I supposed to be a Delegate , said , ' Take off your hat , Sir . ' I don't know who it was , but it was not Parker . Another person , not the Prisoner , said , ' be gone . ' I was two or three times with the Committee about persons under confinement ; 1 don't know by whose orders they were confined , but not by the officers of the shi . I generallreceived a civil answer from
p y Parker , desiring me 10 do as I pleased with the sick . On the 3 d of June , I sent info ( he Committee for leave to go on shore , by Davies , who was commanding officer on deck . I was ordered by Davies to attend the Committee , then sitting in the Captain ' s cabin ; i asked their permission to go on shore . The Prisoner , Parker , recommended ii to the Committee to suffer me to go on shore , on condition that I would return next morning , and hoped I would use all mv influence
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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
he was not to be intimidated . ' About the 4 ( h of June I received a letter from Parker , stiling himself ' President : ' it was signed ' Richard Parker , ' and stated , ' that Administration had acted improperly in stopping the provisions allowed to the men , and that the foolish Proclamation was calculated to inflame the minds of honest men . ' I have nothing particular to relate now as a narrative ; I have had frequent conferences with the Prisoner at the head of many others , with a hope of bringing them to a sense of their bad conduct , without any good effect ;
The Prisoner Parker in genera ! took the lead as their spokesman , frequently appealing to the personsaround him , as speaking for the rest : he even appealed 'O them whether it was their wish he should do so ; and prevented with threats one ' man in particular from answering a question I had put to him . . He said to this man , ' If you don't hold your tongue , I'll take care of you . ' i have ' to add , while ' I was on board , I once endeavoured to prevail on those , vhp stiled themselves Delegates to remove the disgraceful ropes called yard ropes ; their , answer was , that the ship ' s company would not suffer it . Parker was insolent in his
conversation , but often otherwise ; there was often a great deal of modesty in his deportment , and apparent respect . On his cross examination , he acknowledged that he had never seen the Prisoner in any over-acts of mutiny ; arid that lie had endeavoured to apologize for his ( Admiral Buckner ' s ) not being received on board with the honour due to ' him , as it originated in some mistake ; but he conceived that by making such apology , he must have some command in the ship . ' Lieutenant Justicesecond lieutenant of the Sandwichknew nothing of the
, , Prisoner , and could speak only to the mutiny in general . ' ' Capt . O'Bryen , of the Nassau ; Capt . Harcq ' nrt , of the Agamemnon ; Capt . Cobb , of the Lion ; Tho . Parr , of the Standard ; Capt . W ' atson of the lsis ; and Capt . Harwood of the Leopard , did not know the Prisoner . ' Mr . Snipe , the surgeon of the Sandwich , said he knew the Prisoner , who was a supernumerary on board that ship . ' He never recollected , him before the 14 th ' of May , on the afternoon of which day he was ordered to attend a punishment of
one of the seamen , whose name was Campbell ; it was Mr . Bray , the Master , who ordered me , he having the command of the ship . He said it was the Committee ' s . order that I should attend . When I went upon deck , the Prisoner was standing ; on the gang-way . As soon as the rope was lied up , the Prisoner made a speech to the ship's company , acquainting them of Campbell's crime . He said he had violated the laws laid down by the Committee , and he must expect to share that fate . This was the general purport of his speech . Two or three days after , one of the ship ' s corporals , whose name is Wilson , came ! o me in the ward-roon ) ,
and gave orders that I should go immediately between decks , arid visit a man in irons , who was very ill . I went immediately , and saw a prisoner , who was then ' in irons , with a fever . I sent ( he ship ' s corpora ! to the Committee , to say ( hat it was absoiulely necessary that this man should be taken out of irons , and put ii \ the sick birth . The corporal returned , and said it was the Committee's orders that I should make my report first . I then went to ( he starboard side of the lower gun-deck , and there found a vast crowd of people assembled . I asked who I was to address ? The PrisonerParkerdesired me ( 0 address him . I ( old hiirr
, , it was necessary to remove the man in irons . The Prisoner then said , ' Il is not our intention to interfere with you at allj you may do with the sick whatever you think proper . ' When I entered what they called the Committee-room ,-one of the people , whom I supposed to be a Delegate , said , ' Take off your hat , Sir . ' I don't know who it was , but it was not Parker . Another person , not the Prisoner , said , ' be gone . ' I was two or three times with the Committee about persons under confinement ; 1 don't know by whose orders they were confined , but not by the officers of the shi . I generallreceived a civil answer from
p y Parker , desiring me 10 do as I pleased with the sick . On the 3 d of June , I sent info ( he Committee for leave to go on shore , by Davies , who was commanding officer on deck . I was ordered by Davies to attend the Committee , then sitting in the Captain ' s cabin ; i asked their permission to go on shore . The Prisoner , Parker , recommended ii to the Committee to suffer me to go on shore , on condition that I would return next morning , and hoped I would use all mv influence