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consequence of which he had been tied up. I understood that he was ted up for the purpose of punishment. The prisoner said that he had threatened to give the man a flogging on board and then send him to Mr. Motte, but that he has not done it. I do not recollected that he gave any reason for not having sent him to Mr. Motte.
I don’t recollect that he said it was sunday & he had not sent him.
I examined the body and saw no marks of violence, except the marks of a rope on his wrists, which