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first mention was made of a Dockyard stroke till the piece was fired might be ¼ of an hour or more. To the best of my Jt abt ¼ of an hour. I was intimately acqd with the prisr.
I never knew of any ql before this between Hopkins & the prisr.
When I seized the prisr I sd come along wth me & I’ll teach you to fire your piece in the Barracks. I then thought he had fired with a Cartridge without Ball. He sd nothing to this, nor when I deld him