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was with her at China 5 remem- 

 bered a Chinese boat coming 

 alongside with some boxes ; they 

 were taken on board by order of 

 Mr. Creswell; came to England 

 in the ship ; when she arrived off 

 the Land's-end, a boat came 

 alongside, and some men came on 

 board, and went into Mr. Cres- 

 well's cabin ; he saw them there, 

 and saw some boxes of silk broke 

 open. Mr. Creswell was present. 

 Some silk shawls lay on the table ; 

 there were about 30 crape shawls, 

 20 silk shawls, and 12 pieces of 

 silk ; saw another box broke 

 open, containing nankeen. The 

 silk articles were sold to the men 

 who came on board, and were 

 taken away round their bodies ; 

 the men also took four boxes in 

 the boat, one of which he saw 

 contained silk. This was at half- 

 past four o'clock in the evening. 

 About two hours afterwards ano- 

 ther boat came alongside, con- 

 taining six persons. Three of 

 them came on board, and also 

 went into Mr. Creswell's cabin. 

 They inquired whether there were 

 any silks or nankeens to sell. Mr. 

 Creswell answered in the affir- 

 mative, and said they were very 

 good, but very dear. Witness 

 was called a little while after to 

 fetch a rope's end, to hand seven 

 boxes, which were in Mr. Cres- 

 well's cabin, out of the port. 

 Three of these contained silk, 

 two nankeen, and two tea. 



Mr. Lock, surveyor of the Cus- 

 tom House, proved that silk In- 

 dia shawls were worth about 30s. 

 each, a crape shawl 20s. China 

 silk 3s. a yard. The value of a 

 box containing such things as had 

 been described might be 401. 



The counsel on behalf of the de- 

 fendant called 



Captain Richie, the comman- 

 der of the Thames. He recol- 

 lected the ship being off SciUy in 

 August ; did not see any boat 

 oome alongside; had such an 

 event taken place, he must have 

 seen the boats. Mr. Creswell's 

 cabin was near his in the ship ; 

 he did not often go into it, but, 

 when he happened to go in, he 

 saw no particvdar articles which 

 excited his attention. The cabin 

 was of such a size as to put boies 

 in it, but he thought they could 

 not be concealed from view. 

 Knew the first witness, Roche, 

 and recollected his being punish- 

 ed three times, and once for inso- 

 lence to Mr. Creswell. Did not 

 heal' the insolence ; it was report- 

 ed to him. 



Charles Paris was servant to 

 Mr. Creswell during the voyage 

 in question, and had constant ac- 

 cess to his cabin. Nothing could 

 have been concealed in Mr. Cres- 

 well's cabin without his know- 

 ledge. Saw some boxes in the 

 cabin, containing silks he believ- 

 ed. This was after they left Chi- 

 na. These boxes continued on 

 board till the ship got to St. He- 

 lena, when witness took them on 

 shore, where they were left. Be- 

 lieved these were all the boxes of 

 silk in the cabin. He had no 

 boxes when the ship arrived off 

 the Land's End ; nor did witness 

 see any silks in his cabin at that 

 time, or any boats come along- 

 side. 



On his cross-examination he 

 said, Mr. Creswell might have 

 smuggled without his know- 

 ledge. 



Mr. John Drake, second mate 

 of the Thames, said, his cabin was 

 opposite Mr. Creswell's. He was 

 in the habit of going into Mr. 



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