Race. I saw Fairall and Kingsmill carry tea from the custom-house to the horses. When we came back to a place called Brooke, there we got a pair of steelyards and weighed the tea, and equally divided to each man his share; it made five bags a man, about twenty-seven pounds in a bag; the two men that held the horses, which were Lilliwhite and Perrin, had the same quantity. Q. Were you all armed--are you sure? Race. There were twenty of us all armed at Rowland’s Castle. Richard Perrin had a pair of pistols tied round his middle. Q. Had Lilliwhite arms? Race. Lilliwhite lay at my house on Sunday night, and another man with him; their horses were in my stable. Q. Give me an answer to my question; are you sure that Lilliwhite had arms about him when you left him to hold the horses? Race. I cannot tell; I cannot be quite certain. Q. Was Lilliwhite ever with you before or since that time? Race. No, never, as I know of; I never heard he was a smuggler. Cross-examined by Glover’s counsel. Q. Was Glover ever a reputed smuggler before, or did he ever act as such? Race. No, not as I know of, neither before nor since. Richard Perrin was the merchant that went over to Guernsey to buy this cargo of brandy, rum and tea. I paid him part of the money as my share to go. He told me, after the goods were taken and put on board another vessel, that he had lost the tea by the Swift privateer, Captain Johnson. Q. Hid you never hear that Glover was forced to go against his consent by Richards, his relation? Race. No, I did not hear any such thing. Edmund Richards brought him, and I never knew him do anything but this time. Cross-examined by Perrin’s counsel. Q. Are you sure that Perrin was armed, particularly when he was with the horses? Race. Yes, he was, and was armed all the way we went from the Forest of Bere, and at that place too. Q. You say Perrin was troubled with the rheumatism; why would you take a man with you that could not help you to carry off the goods? Race. I don’t know; I am sure he was with us, and had his share of tea when we divided it at Brooke. William Steel was called, and appearing, was sworn. William Steel. When I came home, I was told the goods were taken by Captain Johnson. The first time we met, I cannot say any of the prisoners were there. When we met in Charlton Forest at the Center-tree, I believe Richard Perrin was there; there were a great many of us there; this was some time in October; we met to conclude about getting this tea out of Poole custom-house. We came to some conclusion there; from thence we came to Rowland’s Castle on a Sunday in the afternoon; there were about twenty of us; I think Thomas Lilliwhite was there. Q. Were there any of your company armed? Steel. I cannot say there were any arms there on the Sunday. On the Monday, in the afternoon, some time before sunset, when we set out, every man was armed. Q. How came they by their firearms?