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ceeding was allowable by the laws 
of England.” Rushw. Coll. i. 638. 
‘¢ Such are the observations of the 
elegant and learned author of the 
commentaries on the law of England 
on this subject; and as the strongest 
method of shewing the horror of the 
practice, he gives this question in the 
form of anarithmetical problem. 
‘¢ The strength of the muscles, 
and the sensibility of the nerves 
being given, it is required to. know 
what degree of pain would be neces- 
sary to make any particular indivi- 
dual confess his guilt. 
‘¢ But what are we to say to this 
man, who, so far from having found 
torture in practice under the former 
governors, has attached to himself 
all the infamy of having invented 
‘this instrument of cruelty? Like 
that called the duke of Exeter’s dangh- 
ter, it never existed until the defen- 
dant cursed the island with its pro- 
duction, I have incontestible evi- 
dence to shew this ingenuity of 
tyranny in a British governor, and 
the moment I produce the sangui- 
nary order, the man is left abso- 
lutely without defence. The date 
of the transaction is removed at 
some distance, It was directed that 
a commission should conduct the 
aflairs of the government, and 
among the persons appointed to this 
important situation, was colonel 
Fullarton. In the exercise of his 
duties in that situation, he obtained 
knowledge of these facts, and with 
this information, he thought it 
incumbent on him to bring this de- 
fendant before you, and with the 
defendant, I shall produce the victim 
of this enormity, whom, from the 
accident of my being conducted into 
aroom by mistake, I have myself 
seen. She will be presented before 
you, and you will learn she at this 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806. 
moment bears upon her the marks 
of the barbarity of the defendant, 
In due time you will hear what my 
excellent and amiable friend near me 
has to offer in behalf of his client ; I 
state the case at present with full 
confidence in your verdict: I ask . 
nothing from your passions ; nothing 
but justice do I require, and I have 
no doubt at the conclusion of this 
trial that you will be found to have 
faithfully exercised your important 
duty.” 
IVitnesses for the Prosecution. 
Louisa Calderon, attended by a 
Spanish interpreter, was then sworn, 
and examined by Mr. Adam. 
Were you at lrinidad in 1798 ?— 
Yes. 
Were you acquainted with Pedro 
Ruiz ?—Yes. 
Did you live in his house ?—Yes. 
Were you there when the defen- 
dant was governor of the island ?— 
Yes. 
Do you remember a robbery com- 
mitted in the house of Pedro Ruiz? 
—I do. 
Were you suspected of commit- 
ting that robbery ?—I was, and also 
Carlos (Gonzalez.) 
Do you remember his being ap- 
prehended ?—Yes. 
Were you, and your mother, also 
taken up.?—Yes, the same night. 
Before whom were you carried ? 
—Before governor Picton. 
Did he order you to be committed 
to prison ?—Yes. 
Under what guard were you con- 
veyed thither ?—-By three soldiers. 
‘To what apartment of the prison 
were you consigned ?—To the wo- 
man’s side. 
Before you were sent there, what 
did the defendant tell. you ?—That 
if Idid not confess, the hangman 
was to put his hand upon me. 
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