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CHAP. Anjwer. They demanded that they fhould have an al- 



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lowance of grog, and likewife that Keiff fhould be at 

 Delem'ber. liberty. The officers prefent were the chief, the fecond, 

 fifth and lixth mates, and the witnefs. 



Court. Who were the men that afked thofe terms? 

 A7ifwer, Lilly and Garland. 



Captain Greer. Did they not demand a midfhipnian (Mr. 

 Clayton) to be turned before the maft ? 



Anfwer. I heard it called out, but do not know from 

 whom. 



Court. Did it appear to you during the mutiny that the 

 people were in a ftate of intoxication ? 

 Anjwer, Very few of them I think. 



Court* Do you recoiled: any of that few that were in 

 that ftate? 



Anfwer. Kelly; none elfe among the prifoners but 

 him.. 



Court. Do you know the man that threatened the fifth 

 mate's life? 



Anfwer. Yes; Conner. 



Queftions afked by the Prifoners. 



^ohn Berry. Whether he faw me knock the irons ofF 

 KeifF? 



Anfwer. The witnefs faw him carry KeifF forward, and 

 very adlive about him ; but cannot fay who immediately 

 knocked them oiF. 



Mr. 



