Mr. Peckover the gunner’s evidence is similar to that of Mr. Cole’s, and need not be detailed.

Mr. Purcell, the carpenter, corroborated, generally, the testimony of the three who had been examined. The Court asked, ’Did you see Mr. Heywood standing upon the booms?’ ’Yes; he was leaning the flat part of his hand on a cutlass, when I exclaimed, In the name of God, Peter, what do you with that? when he instantly dropped it, and assisted in hoisting the launch out, and handing the things into the boat, and then went down below, when I heard Churchill call to Thompson to keep them below, but could not tell whom he meant; I did not see Mr. Heywood after that.’ The Court—­’In what light did you look upon Mr. Heywood, at the time you say he dropped the cutlass on your speaking to him?’ Witness—­’I looked upon him as a person confused, and that he did not know he had the weapon in his hand, or his hand being on it, for it was not in his hand; I considered him to be confused, by his instantly dropping it, and assisting in hoisting the boat out, which convinced me in my own mind that he had no hand in the conspiracy; that after this he went below, as I think, on his own account, in order to collect some of his things to put into the boat.’ The Court—­’Do you, upon the solemn oath you have taken, believe that Mr. Heywood, by being armed with a cutlass at the time you have mentioned, by anything that you could collect from his gestures or speeches, had any intention of opposing, or joining others that might oppose, to stop the progress of the mutiny?’ Witness—­’No.’ The Court—­’In the time that Mr. Heywood was assisting you to get the things into the boat, did he, in any degree whatever, manifest a disposition to assist in the mutiny?’ Witness—­’No.’ The Court—­’Was he, during that time, deliberate or frightened, and in what manner did he behave himself?’ Witness—­’I had not an opportunity of observing his every action, being myself at that time engaged in getting several things into the boat, so that I cannot tell.’ The Court—­’Putting every circumstance together, declare to this court, upon the oath you have taken, how you considered his behaviour, whether as a person joined in the mutiny, or as a person wishing well to Captain Bligh?’ Witness—­’I by no means considered him as a person concerned in the mutiny or conspiracy.’

Lieutenant Thomas Hayward, late third lieutenant of the Pandora, and formerly midshipman of the Bounty, deposes,—­that he had the morning watch; that at four o’clock Fletcher Christian relieved the watch as usual; that at five he ordered him, as master’s mate of his watch, to look out, while he went down to lash his hammock up; that while looking at a shark astern of the ship, to his unutterable surprise, he saw Fletcher Christian, Charles Churchill, Thomas Burkitt (the prisoner), John Sumner, Matthew Quintal, William M’Koy,