what sort of lading did she carry at the
time of her first setting out on the said voyage, and what particular
sort of lading and goods had she on board at the time she was taken
and seized, proceeding upon a lawful trade? had she at that time any,
and what prohibited goods on board her?

9. Who were the owners of the said schooner and vessel and goods
concerning which you are now examined, at the time she was taken and
seized? how do you know they were the owners of the said schooner and
goods at that time? of what nation are they by birth, and where do
they live with their wives and families? and to what Prince or State
are they subjects?

10. Was there any bill of sale made to the owners of the said
schooner? in what month or year, and where and before what witnesses
was the same made, and when did you last see it, and what is become
thereof?

11. In what port or place was the lading, which was on board the
schooner at the time she was taken and seized, first put on board the
said schooner? in what month and year was the lading so put on board?
what were the several qualities and quantities, and particulars
thereof? whether were the same laden and put on board the said
schooner in one port, or at one time, or in several ports and places,
and how many by name, and at how many several times, and what
particulars and what quantity at each port? who by name were the
several laders or owners thereof, and what countrymen are they? where
were the said goods to be delivered, and for whose account, and to
whom by name did they then really belong?

12. How many bills of lading were signed for the goods seized on board
the said schooner? whether were the same colourable, and whether were
any bills of lading signed, which were of a different tenor with those
which were on board the said schooner at the time she was seized and
taken? and what were the contents of such other bills of lading, and
what are become thereof?

13. What bills of lading, invoices, letters, or any instruments in
writing, or papers, have you to prove your own property, or the
property of any other person, and of whom in the schooner and goods,
concerning which you are now examined? produce the same, and set forth
the particular times when, and how, and in what manner, and upon what
account, and for what consideration you became possessed thereof?

14. In what particular port or place, and in what degree of
latitude[3] were or was the schooner, conc