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[Top right corner] Police Magistrate Cairns
Queensland
Cairns
To wit
22nd February 1877
In the matter of an Enquiry
respecting the murder of
three of the crew of the Schooner Douglas
and the wounding of five others
at the Guam Islands lying about
260 miles East of Queensland.

Present Edward Morey P.M.S.
[right side annotation] Depositions crew of Schooner Douglas
[written in left margin] Previous 753 6 Mar 77

This deponent being
duly sworn saith, My name
is Daniel Deasy, I am a
Seaman belonging to Schooner
Douglas - I sailed East from
Trinity Bay. The Masters
name is Harris. I am engaged
for six months on Colonial
voyages. There are Eleven
hands all told including
Master and cabin boy. We
left Trinity Bay about the end
of first week in January.
and called at Dunk Island
to take in wood. While we were
there two aboriginal blacks
came up in a Canoe and
came aboard quite friendly
and the Master gave them
some tobacco. I forgot to mention
there was another person
on board. Mr Beaver the
brother of the owner of the