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with all faults lehatsoever. At the 

 same time, however, a printed re- 

 presentation, signed by the defen- 

 dant, was put about, and read in 

 the public room; in which it was 

 stated, that the ship was unusually 

 well founded, and would require 

 very little outfit; that her hull was 

 particularly good, and her keel and 

 lower timbers as sound as new. — 

 This rejiresentation was of course a 

 great inducement with the witness 

 to make his bargain. Immediately 

 after the purchase, the ship was 

 taken to the dock of Mr. Way, a 

 shipwright, to be prepared for her 

 voyage. He then hud an opportu- 

 nity of viewing her all over, and 

 saw that her bottom planks were 

 completely worm eaten, and her 

 keel broken : he never saw a vessel 

 in a worse state. When she was 

 floating in the water at the London 

 Docks these defects were complete- 

 ly concealed. 



Mr. Woolcombe, the agent for 

 the defendant, was next called. — 

 He sold the ship: he had seen her 

 before and after the sale. He had 

 drawn up the description of her ac- 

 cording to thebest of his judgment: 

 he did not see her keel and hull, 

 but from the appearance of the up- 

 per parts of the vessel, he con- 

 ceived that the lower were equally 

 good. He had seen her since ; her 

 bottom was much worm-eaten, and 

 she certainly did not answer the 

 description which he had given of 

 her. He would not have described 

 her in the manner which he had, 

 if he had known the real state of 

 the ship. 



Cross-examined. — He said, that 

 at the time of making his repre- 

 sentation, he really believed it to 

 be correct. The ship belonged to 

 a club. 



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Thomas Thompson deposed, that 

 he was foreman to Mr. Ayles, the 

 shipwright : the ship Juno was 

 brought to their dock to be examin- 

 ed so long ago as the 19th of March 

 last : (this was three months be- 

 fore the sale, at Lloyd's) : her keel 

 was then much broken, and her 

 hull worm-eaten. Captain Ruther- 

 ford (the captain of the vessel) saw 

 the condition in which she was, bwt 

 would not let them do with her 

 what tiiey proposed ; he told them 

 to put her into the water .again, 

 which was done the next day ; he 

 had not seen her since, till she was 

 taken to Mr. Way's, when he knew 

 her to be the same. 



Christopher Wj'nne was clerk to 

 Ayles and Co. Captain Ruther- 

 ford was present at the inspection 

 of the Juno in March last, and saw 

 that her keel was broken^ and her 

 battom worm-eaten ; she was by 

 his order, however, put into the 

 water again next day without any 

 repair. One guinea was charged 

 for the trouble. Captain Ruther- 

 ford said, he should see Mr. Wil- 

 son, the agent for the owners, and 

 would get the guinea from him. 

 The Captain then gave the witness 

 the ship's papers to take to Wilson,, 

 and witness left them at Wilson's 

 house. Captain Rutherford said, 

 he feared there would be tome 

 trouble about the ship. 



John G«orge Wilson had receiv- 

 ed some papers belonging to the 

 Juno, from Captain Rutherford : 

 he was himself merely a by-stander 

 at the time of the sale : he was se- 

 cretary to the club to which the 

 ship belonged: it was sold for the 

 benefit of the underwriters : the 

 club was chiefly ship-owners, and 

 Mr. Heath was one. He himself 

 never saw the ship, and he koew. 



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