As to Mr. Dowling’s not having disclosed the murder when he came on shore, nor keeping a complete journal, these are circumstances which those persons who know any thing of ships in general or the African slave trade, will pay no attention to. Journals, which are considered mere matters of form, are generally imperfect, and the barbarous treatment of slaves on board the ships is so frequent, as to be looked upon with indifference. Perhaps Mr. Dowling, perhaps the whole crew might have conceived that the killing of a slave on board a ship was an offence not punishable by law. As there was no other evidence to support the second indictment, than what supported the first, the Jury also acquitted the prisoner on it. The trial lasted near five hours. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence was present the whole time, and appeared from his looks and gestures, to be particularly interested, in favour of the man who was accused of having murdered a slave. _FINIS._ End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Trial of Captain John Kimber, for the Murder of Two Female Negro Slaves, by Student of the Temple