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He was rather amazed to see and to hear the free way in which evidence was given against him, corroborating statements which amounted to the most unmitigated falsehoods, but above all to find Maud unblushingly declare that she saw him in the fight, and that he shot with a pistol one of the men whose name had been returned as among the dead, and that he had wounded another. HE WAS RATHER AMAZED TO SEE AND TO HEAR THE FREE WAY IN WHICH EVIDENCE WAS GIVEN AGAINST HIM CORROBORATING STATEMENTS WHICH AMOUNTED TO THE MOST UNMITIGATED FALSEHOODS BUT ABOVE ALL TO FIND MAUD UNBLUSHINGLY DECLARE THAT SHE SAW HIM IN THE FIGHT AND THAT HE SHOT WITH A PISTOL ONE OF THE MEN WHOSE NAME HAD BEEN RETURNED AS AMONG THE DEAD AND THAT HE HAD WOUNDED ANOTHER
 arraigned before the maritime commission at Sierra Leone, with a pretty hard case made out against him at the outset of affairs. The truth was, he had not been taken resisting the attack of Captain Bramble and his men, but his accusers did not hesitate to represent that he was thus guilty, and several were prepared, Maud among the rest, to swear to this charge. Indeed, Captain Bramble found that he had people about him who would swear to anything, and he had little doubt in proving so strong a case as to jeopardize even the life of his prisoner, since many of his crew had died outright in the attack upon the "Sea Witch," to say nothing of the seriously wounded. All that could prejudice the court against the prisoner was duly paraded before the eyes and ears of the individual members ere yet the case was brought legally before them, and at last when Captain Ratlin was formally brought into court, he was little less than condemned already in the minds of nine-tenths of the marine court. LIN FOUND HIMSELF ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE MARITIME COMMISSION AT SIERRA LEONE WITH A PRETTY HARD CASE MADE OUT AGAINST HIM AT THE OUTSET OF AFFAIRS THE TRUTH WAS HE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN RESISTING THE ATTACK OF CAPTAIN BRAMBLE AND HIS MEN BUT HIS ACCUSERS DID NOT HESITATE TO REPRESENT THAT HE WAS THUS GUILTY AND SEVERAL WERE PREPARED MAWED AMONG THE REST TO SWEAR TO THIS CHARGE INDEED CAPTAIN BRAMBLE FOUND THAT HE HAD PEOPLE ABOUT HIM WHO WOULD SWEAR TO ANYTHING AND HE HAD LITTLE DOUBT IN PROVING SO STRONG A CASE AS TO JEOPARDISE EVEN THE LIFE OF HIS PRISONER SINCE MANY OF HIS CREW HAD DIED OUTRIGHT IN THE ATTACK UPON THE SEA WITCH TO SAY NOTHING OF THE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED ALL THAT COULD PREJUDICE THE COURT AGAINST THE PRISONER WAS DULY PARADED BEFORE THE EYES AND EARS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ERE YET THE CASE WAS BROUGHT LEGALLY BEFORE THEM AND AT LAST WHEN CAPTAIN RATLIN WAS FORMALLY BROUGHT INTO COURT HE WAS LITTLE LESS THAN CONDEMNED ALREADY IN THE MINDS OF NINE TENTHS OF THE MARINE COURT
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