aman belo ging to with Prisoner denied Joux Brow: subject and know the pi she to the 'T know he was one of 4 seaman belonging the men who stole the property. The othe Thompson, Shaw, Walter Here and Prisoner was not on board when I went ashore in the ins. I saw Veitch at Lit I got there, with on We four all went up in jinrikshas. Veitch was coming out of the door when got there. I was in the last jinrikeha, took the hams to the house. I saw Veitch come back with the ham. I heard him say that he could not get more than $1.50 for it. We would not let it go for that, He did not say anything to show that be knew where the ham bad been got, We went on shore in the afternoon, Prisoner had been ashore along time. I think he had been on I caw Veitch on shore in the aft met him the other side of the were coming up. I had no conversation with him, Iwalked ahead. Some of us went to try and sell a cent and a pair of boots we had brought ashore.
By Mr. Srripuixc—after we sold them toa Chinaman we went and bought a squareface." I tried to sell the boots. I do not know where Veitch was then, After we got pretty well drunk we went aboard. The square-face" was taken to Littlefield's. We and Littlefield and Veitch drank all the contents. I do not remember any conversation about taking the property till just as we re going tolenve, when Tenid "I'm there."
stopped in the house. Only four of us went away. The hams were put in the back room at Littlefield's. Littlefield said alt he had was 95 cents. We took the money and went tothe Harp," where we were arrested. Veitch was away while we were talking about the $6, trying to sell the other ham.
Watrek Bane, sworn, said—I am a British subject, avd sailmaker on board the Morna. I take a ham out of the house and bring it back again. 1 gave it to him at Little-Id'e. I asked him if he could sell it, and he could. He could not get enough for it and I told him to bring it back. I did not tell him where I got it from. I had seen him in the afternoon of that day. Thad had conversation with him and Littlefield in the house. and others asked him whether they could get rid of hams or such things. They said they could. We did not say where we could get the hams, By Mr. Srareuixc—I do not remember that I bad any talk with Veitch about the hams. I took the ham to the house about 10 o'clock. I took it out of the bag in the presence of Veitch and Littlefield, There was an arrangement that we were to bring the things from the ship, but I was three-parts drank and cannot recollect definitely. The bargain was made with Littlefield and Veitch together. Veitch was a shipmate of mi Gronor Suaw, sworn, said—I am a British, subject and a seaman of the Morna. I came on shore with the hams that night.
Veitch with the hams, I was on shore in the afternoon, I was present at the arrangoment about getting the hams from the ship, I could not say who suggested it. Veitch was in the shop, and he talked about it, T believe he belonged to the ship. He had been ashore some time.
Yuxe Euan, cantioned, said—My shop is in Hongkew near Littlefield's, On Sunday night prisoner brought a ham to me to sell, I anid Idid not want it. He wanted to know how much I would give him font. I suspected something wrong, and told him to go away, Joux Tnustcx, sworn, said—I am an Ameri can snd a Municipal Police Constable, I w on duty in Broadway on this side of the bridge on Sunday night, I saw a man walking along the street under the houses with a ham, There was a man with him whom I knew to be boarder in Littlefield's house. They stopped at the house of a man called Grout, who keo a second-band store. I came along on the opposite side of the road till I came abreast them, when stopped. Prisoner knocked the door a3 the house was closed. Ho could not get anybody up, so he went back to Littlefield's house: the other to where was, and came out of He had the ham with him, and stopped in the house two or three minutes, him what he had, and h put my band on it, and Lasked bim where ko got it, and what going todo with it. Ho said it was field's, who was short of money and wanted to Wit. I went to the station and reported, hen Sergeant Skivner and I went back to for was not there. Wo of the other men there ho have been convicted. Littlefield came in afte Joux Doxacny, sworn, said—I am a British subject and second officer of the Aforna.
ner belonge to the ship as an able aeahas been absent since the 26th July.
not been discharged, per said that on Sunday morning as joing towards the English Settlement, he met the four men previously mentioned, in Hongkew, who wanted bim to help them to sell a cent and a pair of boote. They Aisposed of them theme Chinamap, and bought some square with money, which they took in to Littlefield' Prisoner did not remember anything more that took place until 5 o'clock in the noon when he was in the Oriental Taver He went back to Littletield's at night and he was very drunk. to sell the hams as alleged, but he remembered thing of what took place during the after-oon and evening, except the policeman to him, Next morning he found him lying on a graes plat near the His Worsan 8 willing to belie evidence that pri were sufficiently intoxicated not to be a of the gravity of what they were doing, but offences of this kind could not be passed. over therefore he must inflict a of three weeks' imprisonment with hard labour.
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