Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah on the Charge of Piracy - BestLightNovel.com
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_Q._ You know that this case is an indictment for piracy against the prisoners. Have you formed or expressed any opinion upon their guilt or innocence?
_A._ No, sir.
_Q._ Have you formed or expressed any opinion whether the facts charged against them, if proved, const.i.tute the offence of piracy?
_A._ I have not, sir.
Challenge withdrawn. _Juror sworn._
_Tuganhold Kron_ called. Challenged for princ.i.p.al cause.
_By Mr. Smith_:
_Q._ In a capital case, where the evidence was sufficient to convince you of the guilt of the prisoner, have you any conscientious scruples that would prevent your finding a verdict of guilty?
_A._ Yes, sir. (Question repeated.)
_A._ No, sir.
_Q._ Do you readily understand English?
_A._ Pretty well.
_Q._ You did not understand me when I asked the question the first time?
_A._ No, sir.
_Q._ Do you understand English well?
_A._ Yes, pretty well. There may be some words I do not understand.
_Q._ Did you ever sit as a juror on a trial?
_A._ Yes, sir.
_Q._ Did you understand all the witnesses said?
_A._ No, because I did not hear, sometimes.
_Q._ Do you think you understand English well enough, so that you can hear a trial intelligently?
_A._ I cannot say, sir.
_Q._ You are not sure?
_A._ No, sir.
_By Mr. Larocque_:
_Q._ What is your occupation?
_A._ A bookbinder.
_Q._ Have you an establishment of your own?
_A._ Yes, sir.
_Q._ The men you employ--do they speak English or German?
_A._ Some English--the most of them German.
_Q._ And you transact your business with gentlemen who speak English?
_A._ Yes, sir.
_Q._ How long have you done so?
_A._ Eight years.
_By the Court_:
_Q._ How long have you been in this country?
_A._ Seventeen years.
_Q._ Have you been in business all that time?
_A._ I worked as journeyman ten years, and have been seven years in business of my own.
_By Mr. Smith_:
_Q._ Do you think you can understand English well enough so that you can, from the evidence, form an opinion of your own?
_A._ I think I will.
_By Mr. Larocque_:
_Q._ You read the account of the capture of the privateer Savannah in the newspapers?
_A._ Yes, sir; in some German paper.
_Q._ Did you form or express any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of these prisoners?
_A._ No, sir.
_Q._ Did you form or express an opinion whether the facts charged against them, if proved, const.i.tute the offence of piracy?
