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jl. To the State of Connecticut, he 
says. 
(Signed) GILBERT SMITH* 
Sworn to, before me at Valparaiso, 
this eighteenth day of June, 1824. 
(►signed) MICHAEL HOGAN, 
U. S. Consul, 
The examination of the others who 
came in the ship, was but a repetition 
of the loregoing. All, however, con¬ 
curred in believing, that Joseph Thom* 
as was privy to the intention to mutiny, 
and murder the officers. 
The ship was then furnished with ne¬ 
cessary sails and rigging, and placed in 
charge, of a Captain King, who brought 
her to the Island of Nantucket, arriving 
on Sunday 21st November, 1824. Am 
other examination was held before Jo- 
siah Hussey, Esq. and all testified, as be- 1 
fore the American Consul at Valpar¬ 
aiso, 
Thomas, who was put in irons as soon 
as the land was discovered, was arraign¬ 
ed before the above named justice, and 
after an elaborate hearing, the prisoner 
