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^J^tS' John Berry. Was I one of the fix that threatened to 



XV. cut the people down to turn out ? 

 pecerober. Anfwcr. To the beft of my knowledge you was. 



Court. Did you fee or know who thofe men were that 

 took off the irons and threw them over-board ? 

 Anfwer. I cannot fay. 



Court. At what hour was it when thofe people fpoke 

 to you from the fore-hatchway ? 



Anfwer. About a quarter paft one o'clock, when the 

 ports were laihed in. 



Court. Was any officer prefent at the above converfation 

 at the fore-hatchway ? 



Anfwer. Yes, the third and fixth mates. 



Court. This witnefs further fays, there are two of the 

 prifoners, Haftings and Conner, always behaved well till 

 this affair, and he believes they were led into it by the reft. 



Court requefted to know of the prifoners if they 

 wanted to afk Mr. Dunlop any more queftions ? 

 Prfoners. No. 



Mr. Milliken Craig, fecond officer of the fhip Belvidere, 

 called in and defired to inform the court of what he 

 knew refpedling the prifoners and the mutiny. 



It was near one o'clock on Sunday when I met 



captain Clarkfon between the Earl Fitzwilliam and 



1 2 Hilfborough, 



