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and they would perceive that the 
arrow was of a pecultar construc- 
tion. It had points or barbs; which 
upon meeting any hard substance 
collapsedin the head of the arrow, 
and afterwards opened ayain, so as 
to prevent its being withdrawn 
when once it had entered the flesh ; 
and towards the point there was a 
small hole for emitting any liquid 
which might be placed i In a cavity 
prepared for holding of it- The con- 
sideration of one of these draughts 
might be important in the cause, 
because the dimensions marked on 
the margin were the hand-writing 
of the prisoner. When the infos- 
mation of Upton was received be- 
fore the privy council, as he had 
before informed them, the prisoner 
at the bar absconded, and they 
should be able to trace him to 
Bristol ; afterwards he returned to 
London ; then went to Portsmouth, 
where he entered on board a vessel 
bound for the Southern whale- 
fishery, as surgeon. 
this vessel was the Pomona; and, 
shortly after he came on board, 
they sailed from Portsmouth to 
Falmouth, during which time his 
bebaviour was in every respect be- 
coming and decent. When he was 
at sea, however, he told them who 
he was, and avowed his baving 
been concerned in a plot to kill the 
king, by an air-gun; and said, that 
if government knew he was on 
board that ship, they would send a 
frigate alter her, to bring her back. 
It so happened, that two days after 
they were at sea, they were cap- 
tured by a French corvette, La 
Vengeance; and he expressed the 
utmost satisfaction at the thoughts 
of going to France; feeling bim- 
«elf much safer there, than while 
“amongst av English crew. They 
The name of 
ANNUAL. REGISTER, 1796. 
were put on board another ship, the 
Elizabeth, and afterwards again 
transferred at Brest to another, 
During this time he rather acted as 
a superintendant of the prisorers 
than as one himself. He had fre- 
quent conversations with the French 
commissaries, and made several de- 
clarations as to his former and fus 
ture intentions of killing the king. 
It seemed then his intention to res 
main there or go to Holland : 
but upon the arrival of a cartel 
ship, he came home under the 
name of H. Wilson, and described 
himself as one of the crew of the 
Hope, and not of the Pomona, as 
he really was. Upon his passage 
home, he end-avoured to persuade 
the witnesses not to notice when 
they got home what passed at Brest, 
nor the circumstances of the change 
of ship and name. ‘They were 
landed at Fowey in Cornwall, and 
upon these men giving information 
to the magistrates of what had 
passed, he was instantly appre- 
hended. In coming to town, he 
endeavoured to persuade the officers » 
to let him escape, and told them 
they could not expeét above 5s. for 
their job, but be could reward 
them much more liberally. One 
asked, if they consented, what they 
could do with the post-boy? He — 
answered, the boy might easily be 
secured by one of the pistols which 
the officer carried. Having thus 
gone through the circumstances of - 
the case, the attorney general ob- 
served, there were two points for 
the consideration of the jury. The 
first, whether the prisoner was a 
party to the fabrication of this wea 
pon; and secondly, whether it was 
designed for the purpose charged 
in the indiétinent. 
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