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I am a foremastman in the ranger packet.
I have seen the deced. On the 9th of Novr last, abot which was Sunday, - abot 10 o’clock in the morning, I saw the prisoner deceased on shore, and saw him ripping lead off from a ship’s rudder, I immediately went ashore in the ranger’s Dingy, and came up to him while he was in the act of ripping off the lead. As he saw me coming up he sate down & put his chisel under him. I immediately took him by the