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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
missioncr ' s house . The Admiral , who was there , had it reported to him , that two marines were brought by the soldiers for examination . As I advanced to the fore-door , I saw the Prisoner , who asked if the Commissioner could be spoken with ? I said I believed he could . The Prisoner came in , accompanied by one Davies , and demanded to know the reason the soldiers had brought the marines there ? Admiral Buckner asked what right he had to make a demand ? The Prisoner said , ' I am not to be interrogated ; your flag is struck ; you have no authority here ; I , or we , ( I do not recollect which ) command the fleet . ' Parker
took out a pencil , and put a question to the Marines , or one of them . In the last interview between Admiral Buckner and the Prisoner , the latter behavedwith the most daring insolence and contempt . I have frequently seen the Prisoner , heading a body of men called Delegates , pass and re-pass the Ccmmissiorier ' s house . These are the particular circumstances which I can bring to my . recollection . Q . From the Court . Do you recollect any particular conversation between thc'Admiral and the Prisoner at the time the Prisoner tendered the propositions ?
A . I remember that Admiral Buckner said to the Prisoner , that as he , and the rest of the Delegates of the fleet , had pledged themselves to abide by the same regulations as their brethren at Spithead , he was astonished to find that new propositions were advanced which could not be granted . I think the Prisoner , with five other Delegates , said , that it was the determination of the ship's company to abide by the latter propositions . It being now four o ' clock , Capt . Dixon ' s evidence was interrupted , and the Court adjourned till nine o ' clock next morning .
FRIDAY , JUNE 23 , The Court met this day at ten o ' clock . The Judge Advocate said , that the Prisoner had stated to him , that he would dispense wilh ( he at ( endance of Lord Northesk and Captain Knight . Parker asked the following question—Whether , after a Court-martial commences , fresh witnesses , not summoned , are allowed to appear to give evidence ? Capt . Moss , the Prosecutor , said , no witnesses have been produced , nor will
any be produced against you , which have not been summoned long before the commencement of the Court-martial . President . —It is , however , perfectly legal tp call them . The Admiralty Solicitorgave his opinion as to its legality , and corroborated the Prosecutor ' s determination . Parker . —J am satisfied . Captain John Wood , of the Hound , being sworn , and desired to state what he knew of the Prisoner ' s making mutinous assemblies 011 board the Sandwich , or .
any of his Majesty ' s ships , or of his behaving disrespectfully to any of his officers , answered , I saw nothing of the Prisoner until the 2 d of June , on which day he came on board the Hound , on the arrival of that ship at the Nore . He told me that he had the honour of representing the whole fleet , an honour which he should never forget ; that he had understood that 1 had been very violent to some , of the Delegates ; he advised me not to be so violent , or I must take the consequences . He then told me , that he did not like the ship ' s company ; that he knew they were attached to me , for which reason he should put the ship in a
safe birth , where she could not make her escape ; he ordered the Pilot ( 0 ge ( the ship under weigh , and to carry her as close to the Sandwich as possible : the Pilot told him it was an improper time of tide . He replied to the Pilot , that if he did refuse to get her under weigh immediately , he would , find , me . nns of making him , at the same time pointing lo the yard-rope . The Pilot got the ship under weigh , and dropt her close to the Sandwich : the Prisoner ordered ( h . e anchor to be let go . He was ( hen hailed from ( he Sandwich by a person who said , ' We are too near them . ' The Prisoner replied , ' I think we are , Mr . Davies . ' He
immediately returned to the Pilot , and said , with threatening language , ' Yon have committed one mistake , take care you do not commit another ; ifyoudo , 1 will make a beef-steak of you a ( the yard-arm . ' ' He ordered him to get under weigh again , and to moor her between the Saod ?
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The Trial Of Richard Parker, The Mutineer, By Court Martial.
missioncr ' s house . The Admiral , who was there , had it reported to him , that two marines were brought by the soldiers for examination . As I advanced to the fore-door , I saw the Prisoner , who asked if the Commissioner could be spoken with ? I said I believed he could . The Prisoner came in , accompanied by one Davies , and demanded to know the reason the soldiers had brought the marines there ? Admiral Buckner asked what right he had to make a demand ? The Prisoner said , ' I am not to be interrogated ; your flag is struck ; you have no authority here ; I , or we , ( I do not recollect which ) command the fleet . ' Parker
took out a pencil , and put a question to the Marines , or one of them . In the last interview between Admiral Buckner and the Prisoner , the latter behavedwith the most daring insolence and contempt . I have frequently seen the Prisoner , heading a body of men called Delegates , pass and re-pass the Ccmmissiorier ' s house . These are the particular circumstances which I can bring to my . recollection . Q . From the Court . Do you recollect any particular conversation between thc'Admiral and the Prisoner at the time the Prisoner tendered the propositions ?
A . I remember that Admiral Buckner said to the Prisoner , that as he , and the rest of the Delegates of the fleet , had pledged themselves to abide by the same regulations as their brethren at Spithead , he was astonished to find that new propositions were advanced which could not be granted . I think the Prisoner , with five other Delegates , said , that it was the determination of the ship's company to abide by the latter propositions . It being now four o ' clock , Capt . Dixon ' s evidence was interrupted , and the Court adjourned till nine o ' clock next morning .
FRIDAY , JUNE 23 , The Court met this day at ten o ' clock . The Judge Advocate said , that the Prisoner had stated to him , that he would dispense wilh ( he at ( endance of Lord Northesk and Captain Knight . Parker asked the following question—Whether , after a Court-martial commences , fresh witnesses , not summoned , are allowed to appear to give evidence ? Capt . Moss , the Prosecutor , said , no witnesses have been produced , nor will
any be produced against you , which have not been summoned long before the commencement of the Court-martial . President . —It is , however , perfectly legal tp call them . The Admiralty Solicitorgave his opinion as to its legality , and corroborated the Prosecutor ' s determination . Parker . —J am satisfied . Captain John Wood , of the Hound , being sworn , and desired to state what he knew of the Prisoner ' s making mutinous assemblies 011 board the Sandwich , or .
any of his Majesty ' s ships , or of his behaving disrespectfully to any of his officers , answered , I saw nothing of the Prisoner until the 2 d of June , on which day he came on board the Hound , on the arrival of that ship at the Nore . He told me that he had the honour of representing the whole fleet , an honour which he should never forget ; that he had understood that 1 had been very violent to some , of the Delegates ; he advised me not to be so violent , or I must take the consequences . He then told me , that he did not like the ship ' s company ; that he knew they were attached to me , for which reason he should put the ship in a
safe birth , where she could not make her escape ; he ordered the Pilot ( 0 ge ( the ship under weigh , and to carry her as close to the Sandwich as possible : the Pilot told him it was an improper time of tide . He replied to the Pilot , that if he did refuse to get her under weigh immediately , he would , find , me . nns of making him , at the same time pointing lo the yard-rope . The Pilot got the ship under weigh , and dropt her close to the Sandwich : the Prisoner ordered ( h . e anchor to be let go . He was ( hen hailed from ( he Sandwich by a person who said , ' We are too near them . ' The Prisoner replied , ' I think we are , Mr . Davies . ' He
immediately returned to the Pilot , and said , with threatening language , ' Yon have committed one mistake , take care you do not commit another ; ifyoudo , 1 will make a beef-steak of you a ( the yard-arm . ' ' He ordered him to get under weigh again , and to moor her between the Saod ?