4th of July 17 men were received on
board the monarch from London. On the men being mustered the prisoner's
name was on the list, and he answered. Witness took him to another part
of the dock and questioned him, and from the answers he gave witness
took him into custody.

Mr. E. A. Steddy, surgeon, found prosecutor on the
bed with a severe cut in his throat, the windpipe being laid open. The
wound was about four inches in length, straight across, and had the
appearance of having been inflicted with not a very sharp knife. The
prosecutor was taken to the Melville Hospital directly a stretcher could
be procured. No important vessel or nerve was hurt. The extent of the
wound on the windpipe was no more than would have been the case if a
surgical operation hadbeen performed on the windpipe.

William Stephen Gascoigne, keeper of the
“Carpenter's Arms” beer house, had known the prisoner about a year.

About 9 o'clock on the Saturday night before the
attempted murder, prisoner was crossing the yard to go to his own house.
He asked witness if “Ann” should come in, to tell her he would not be
long. The Marine and the female Simpkin, came into the house at about 11
o'clock, and left after having a put of beer. They were both the worse
for liquor. On being informed what had occurred, witness went into the
house next door early the next morning, and saw the prosecutor bleeding
from a wound in the throat. The window of the room was open. Witness
remembered, about five or six weeks before the occurrence, seeing the
prisoner standing over the