though Sir John was in an ill state of health, yet his hard-hearted brother forcibly took his cloak from off his back, and put it on himself. And having thus got him into his power, he ordered the men to row off; telling his brother, that now he had got him into his custody, he would take care of him, and prevent his making away with his estate. But, Gentlemen, in fact so little did he think himself concerned with what Sir John did with the estate, that he was of opinion no act of Sir John's could affect it longer than his own life, and that it must necessarily devolve to him, as the next in remainder, on his brother's dying without issue. And this, Gentlemen, he declared to Mr. Smith but a few days before; and indeed his brother at once saw what kind of prevention it was he meant. know,' says he to Mr. Goodere, soon after his being forced into the barge, 'you intend to murder me this night, and therefore you may as well do it now as carry me down.' Poor gentleman! his heart misgave him, that the design of this base and daring outrage was to make the ship his prison, one of the cabins his slaughter-house, and the sea his grave; and therefore he made it his choice to be thrown overboard in the river (where his body might be found) rather than buried in the ocean. The prisoner, Goodere, denied indeed he had any such design, but yet could

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not refrain from the usual exhortation to dying persons that he would have him make his peace with God. At the Redcliff, the privateer's men were set on shore, and I think about seven in the evening the barge reached the 'Ruby' man-of-war, then in the King's Road. Mr. Goodere had in their passage talked of bleeding and purging his brother, to bring him to his senses, pretending he was a madman; for he knew very well that very few of his own men would have assisted him in such an enterprise, had they not been under a belief that his brother was really mad. And to keep up such a notion, as soon as he had got him on board the 'Ruby,' he hurried him down what I think they call the gangway into the purser's cabin, making an apology that he had brought in a mad fellow there; then ordered two bolts to be clapped on the cabin-door, for the making his prison more secure, which was accordingly done. And now having made his brother a prisoner, his next step was to destroy him. He took Mahony with him into his own cabin, and there the cruel means of murdering his brother was concerted between them. They agreed to strangle him, and engaged one White (who is hereafter to stand to the justice of his country) to assist them in the butchery. I should have told you, Gentlemen, that it is usual in ships of war to place a sentinel over persons under arrest; and

accordingly one was placed, by Mr. Goodere's orders, with a drawn cutlass in his hand, at the door of the cabin where Sir John was confined. This sentinel about twelve at night was relieved by one Buchanan. It was impossible for the prisoners to put their wicked design in execution while this Buchanan remained at the cabin-door; so, to remove that obstacle, Mr. Goodere (after having been in close conference with Mahony and White) comes down to the purser's cabin, takes the cutlass from Buchanan, and orders him on deck, posting himself at the door of the purser's cabin with the drawn cutlass in his hand. I shall open none of the circumstances disclosed by Mahony in his confession, as being no evidence against Mr. Goodere; but it will be made appear to you, in proof that Mahony and White came to the purser's cabin while Mr. Goodere stood posted at the door of it, that they were let into the purser's cabin by Mr. Goodere himself. Mahony in particular was seen by one Macguiness (who kept watch in the gun-room) to go into the purser's cabin, Mr. Goodere at the same time standing sentinel at the door of it, and waving his cutlass at Macguiness to make him go back. He did so; but Mr. Goodere waved his cutlass to him a second time, and bade him keep back. Then, Gentlemen, it was that Mr. Goodere and his two accomplices effected the cruel murder of his unfortunate brother.

Mahony was heard to bid him not stir for his life; and then, in conjunction with White, whilst Mr. Goodere stood watch for them at the cabin-door (which Mr. Recorder will tell you was the same as being within it), fell on this unhappy gentleman as he lay in the cabin; and one of them having half throttled him with his hands, they put a rope about his neck, and at length strangled him. Great were his agonies, and long and painful the conflict between life and death. He struggled violently, and kicked against the cabin, crying out several times very loud, Murder! Must I die! Help, for God's sake; save my life! Here are twenty guineas-take them!' For he well knew they were strangling him by his brother's orders, and therefore offered them a bribe to spare his life. The ship's cooper (one Jones) and his wife, lying in the adjoining cabin, heard his dying outcries and the noise occasioned by his kicking; his cries, too, were heard by others far beyond the cabin-door. Nature at length gave way, and he expired under these cruelties. Then Mahony called for a light, that they might have all the evidence of their eyesight that Sir John was actually dead; and (which is a shocking circumstance in the case) Mr. Goodere himself handed them in the candle upon that occasion. Buchanan, perceiving the light disappear, was coming to him with another; but Mr. Goodere

waved the cutlass at him to stand off. Such, Gentlemen, was the fatal conclusion of this tragical business. What was seen by the cooper and his wife after the candle was handed in, with regard to rifling the deceased, shall come from their own mouths. The murder being thus effected, Mr. Goodere locked the door, and withdrew to his own cabin. Mahony and White were by his order put aboard the yawl, and sent to Bristol. They did not fly the city, Gentlemen, depending that their fellowmurderer would some way or other smother this deed of darkness, and take care of their security for the sake of his own. But Divine Providence ordered otherwise. The honest cooper, though he durst not give the alarm whilst the murder was committing, for fear of sharing the same fate with Sir John, yet as soon as he could with safety, made a discovery of the whole that he had heard and seen. It was concluded that Mr. Goodere had made away with his brother, which too evidently appeared on the cooper's forcing open the purser's cabin-door, where Sir John lay murdered; and thereupon the cooper had the resolution to seize the murderer who remained on board, though his Captain. He pretended innocence; and when brought by warrant before Mr. Mayor and other of the city magistrates, publicly declared that he did not then know his brother was murdered, and went so far as to deny his having