~To wit.~--The jurors for our Lady the Queen, upon their oath, present
that PEDRO DE ZULUETA the younger, late of the parish of St.
Mary-le-Bow, in the City of London, merchant and commission agent;
THOMAS JENNINGS, late of the same place, mariner; and THOMAS BERNARDOS
late of the same place, mariner, heretofore and after the 1st day of
January, in the year of our Lord 1825, to wit, on the 1st day of
November, in the 4th year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lady Queen
Victoria, with force and arms, to wit, at London aforesaid, and within
the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did covinously conspire, combine,
confederate, and agree together illegally and feloniously_, and against
the form of the statute in such case made and provided, _to fit out,
man, navigate, equip, dispatch, use, and employ a certain ship or
vessel_, to wit, a ship or vessel called the “Augusta,” in order to
accomplish a certain object, which in and by a certain Act of
Parliament, made and passed in the 5th year of the reign of his late
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled “An Act to amend and
consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade,” was
and is declared unlawful, that is to say, _to deal and trade in slaves_,
contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and
against the peace of Our Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity;
2. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, after the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord
1825, to wit, on the 1st day of November, in the 4th year of the reign
of Our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, with force and arms, to wit, at
London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did
conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together illegally and
feloniously_, and against the form of the statute in such case made and
provided, _to fit out, man, navigate, equip, dispatch, use, and employ a
certain ship or vessel_, called the “Augusta,” in order to accomplish a
certain object, which in and by a certain Act of Parliament, made and
passed in the 5th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the
Fourth, intituled “An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to
the Abolition of the Slave Trade,” was and is declared unlawful, that is
to say, _to purchase slaves_, contrary to the form of the statute in
such case made and provided, and against the peace of Our Lady the
Queen, her crown and dignity;
3. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, after the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord
1825, to wit, on the 1st day of November in the 4th year of the reign of
Our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, with force and arms, to wit, at
London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did
conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together illegally and
feloniously_, and against the form of the statute in such case made and
provided, to _fit out, man, navigate, equip, dispatch, use, and employ a
certain ship or vessel_, called the “Augusta,” in order to accomplish a
certain object which in and by a certain Act of Parliament, made and
passed in the 5th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the
Fourth, intituled “An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to
the Abolition of the Slave Trade,” was and is declared unlawful, that is
to say, _to deal and trade in persons intended to be dealt with as
slaves_, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and
provided, and against the peace of our Lady the Queen, her crown and
dignity;
4. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, after the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord
1825, to wit, on the 1st day of November, in the 4th year of the reign
of Our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, with force and arms, to wit, at
London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did
conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together illegally and
feloniously_, and against the form of the statute in such case made and
provided, _to fit out, man, navigate, equip, dispatch, use, and employ a
certain ship or vessel_ called the “Augusta,” in order to accomplish a
certain object, which in and by a certain Act of Parliament, made and
passed in the 5th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the
Fourth, intituled “An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to
the Abolition of the Slave Trade,” was and is declared unlawful, that is
to say, _to purchase persons intended to be dealt with as slaves_,
contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and
against the peace of Our Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity;
5. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, heretofore and after the 1st day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1825, to wit, on the 10th day of November, in the 4th
year of the reign of Our Lady the now Queen, with force and arms, to
wit, at London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court,
_did conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together knowingly,
wilfully, and feloniously to ship on board of a certain ship or vessel_,
to wit, a ship or vessel called the “Augusta,” _divers goods and
effects_, to wit, 29 hogsheads of tobacco, 60 cases of arms, one case of
looking-glasses, 10 casks of copper ware, 134 bales of merchandise,
1,600 iron pots, and 2,370 kegs of gunpowder, to be employed in
accomplishing a certain object, which was and is and by a certain Act of
Parliament, made and passed in the 5th year of the reign of his late
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled “An Act to amend and
consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave Trade,”
declared unlawful, that is to say, _to trade and deal in slaves_,
contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and
against the peace of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and
dignity;
6. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, heretofore and after the 1st day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1825, to wit, on the 10th day of November, in the 4th
year of the reign of Our Lady the now Queen, with force and arms, to
wit, at London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court,
_did conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together knowingly,
wilfully, and feloniously to ship on board of a certain ship or vessel_,
to wit, a ship or vessel called the “Augusta,” _divers goods and
effects_, to wit, 29 hogsheads of tobacco, 60 cases of arms, 1 case of
looking-glasses, 10 casks of copper ware, 134 bales of merchandise,
1,600 iron pots, and 2,370 kegs of gunpowder, to be employed in
accomplishing a certain object, which was and is in and by the last
mentioned Act of Parliament declared unlawful, that is to say, _to
purchase slaves_, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made
and provided, and against the peace of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her
crown and dignity;
7. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, heretofore and after the 1st day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1825, to wit, on the 10th day of November, in the 4th
year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lady the now Queen, with force and
arms, to wit, at London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the
said Court, _did conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together
knowingly, wilfully, and feloniously to ship on board of a certain ship
or vessel_, to wit, a ship or vessel called the “Augusta,” _divers goods
and effects_, to wit, 29 hogsheads of tobacco, 60 cases of arms, 1 case
of looking-glasses, 10 casks of copper ware, 134 bales of merchandise,
1,600 iron pots, and 2,370 kegs of gunpowder, to be employed in
accomplishing a certain object, which was and is in and by the said last
mentioned Act of Parliament declared unlawful, that is to say, _to deal
and trade in persons intended to be dealt with as slaves_, contrary to
the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the
peace of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity;
8. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, heretofore and after the 1st day of January, in the
year of our Lord 1825, to wit, on the 10th day of November, in the 4th
year of the reign of our Lady the now Queen, with force and arms, to
wit, at London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court,
_did conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together knowingly,
wilfully, and feloniously to ship on board of a certain ship or vessel_,
to wit, a ship or vessel called the “Augusta,” _divers goods and
effects_, to wit, 29 hogsheads of tobacco, 60 cases of arms, 1 case of
looking-glasses, 10 casks of copper ware, 134 bales of merchandise,
1,600 iron pots, and 2,370 kegs of gunpowder, to be employed in
accomplishing a certain object, which was and is in and by the said last
mentioned Act of Parliament declared unlawful, that is to say, _to
purchase persons intended to be dealt with as slaves_, contrary to the
form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the
peace of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity;
9. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, after the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord
1825, to wit, on the 1st day of November, in the 4th year of the reign
of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, with force and arms, to wit, at
London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did
conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together feloniously to engage
in the trading and dealing in slaves_, contrary to the form of the
statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our
Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity;
10. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and Thomas
Bernardos, after the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord 1825,
to wit, on the 1st day of November, in the 4th year of the reign of our
Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, with force and arms, to wit, at London
aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did conspire,
combine, confederate, and agree together feloniously to engage in the
trading and dealing in persons intended to be dealt with as slaves_,
contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and
against the peace of our Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity;
11. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta, the younger, Thomas Jennings,
and Thomas Bernardos, after the 1st day of January, in the year of our
Lord 1825, to wit, on the 1st day of November, in the 4th year of the
reign of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, with force and arms, to wit,
at London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did
conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together feloniously to engage
in the purchase of slaves_, contrary to the form of the statute in such
case made and provided, and against the peace of our Lady the Queen, her
crown and dignity;
12. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do further
present that the said Pedro de Zulueta the younger, Thomas Jennings, and
Thomas Bernardos, after the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord
1825, to wit, on the 1st day of November, in the 4th year of the reign
of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, with force and arms, to wit, at
London aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of the said Court, _did
conspire, combine, confederate, and agree together feloniously to engage
in the purchase of persons intended to be dealt with as slaves_,
contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and
against the peace of our Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity.
_Names of Witnesses endorsed on both the Indictments before the Grand
Jury._
Sir GEORGE STEPHEN. [_Solicitor._]
JOHN BROWN. [_Clerk of the Admiralty._]
Lieutenant HENRY WORSLEY HILL, R.N.
The Honourable Captain JOSEPH DENMAN, R.N.
Colonel EDWARD NICOLLS.
EMANUEL EMANUELS. [_Of Portsmouth._]
WILLIAM THOMAS. [_A Clerk at Messrs. Glyn & Co., Lombard Street._]
ABRAHAM DE PINNA. [_Notary Public._]
(_From the Anti-Slavery Reporter._)
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1843.
THE CHARGE OF TRADING IN SLAVES.
Mr. _Clarkson_ applied to their Lordships to take the bail for Mr. de
Zulueta, arranged by the Recorder on the previous evening. He explained
that only one of the sureties having been present, and the hour too late
to obtain the other, Mr. de Zulueta had been enlarged upon giving his
own recognizance in 6,000_l._, and one security in 2,000_l._ He was now
in Court with Mr. Glyn, the well-known banker, and Mr. Wilcox, who were
ready to enter into the sureties of 1,000_l._ each, Mr. de Zulueta
himself being ready to give his personal recognizance in 3,000_l._
Mr. _Payne_, who was retained for the prosecution, had no objection.
Mr. _Clarkson_ then applied to have the trial, both for the felony and
the misdemeanor, postponed to the next session.
Mr. _Payne_ consented.
Mr. de Zulueta then entered into the requisite securities.
AFFIDAVIT
OF DEFENDANT AND MR. EDWARD LAWFORD
IN SUPPORT OF
APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI.
REGINA }
_v._ } Sworn, 8th Sept. 1843.
ZULUETA. }