1786-12-22 (static/transcriptions/1786/12/448.jpg)

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5th Wts
Peter Martin
I am a Seaman on board belonging to the Ravensworth.
I know that one evening I was put in irons on suspicion. I was going down to my own birth abt 8 o’clock, & that Prisr gave into my hands 3 parcels one after another, saying “lay hold on this here” I then by his desire put them down on a Chest close to the Hatch way.
When I was on the gun