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chart and when the mate went on the stand in court he said he 

 was the one that took the cross-bearings and position of the vessel 

 while the Captain was walking on the bridge. 



It was also proven that Capt. Knowlton never laid the courses 

 down on the chart, but Commodore Spain marked them on the 

 chart in Halifax three days after the seizure, and he, Spain, was 

 nowhere near where the vessel w^as seized, but at the time was a 

 hundred miles to the westward. Everything they said seemed to 

 go all right in court. 



This is all in print in Washington, with the State Department, 

 and you can see there is a good deal of crooked work in this seizure, 

 and it is pretty hard for one man alone to fight that Canadian Gov- 

 ernment, for I don't think any vessel taken, whether she be inno- 

 cent or guilty, will have any justice shown her in that court. 



Will you kindly look into this case and see if you can help me, 

 as it has completely ruined me. 



I hope you will excuse my long letter as I wished to state the' 

 particulars to you. 



Yours very truly, 



Capt. Edward Morris, 



4t^6 Beacon St. 



EXHIBIT 12. 



The Secretary of State to Lord Pauncefote. 



No. 709. 



Department of State, 

 Washington, June 22, i8p/. 



His Excellency The Right Honorable 



Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. B., G. C. M. G., etc. 



Excellency : 



I beg to call your attention to the case of the seizure of the 

 fishing schooner Frederick Gerring, Jr., owned by Mr. Edward 

 Morris, of Gloucester, Massachusetts. The short facts of the case 

 are as follows: 



