Indeed, Mr.
Hayward says, that there were at the least eighteen of them upon deck, when he went into the boat; and if Thompson, the sentinel over the arm-chest, be added to them, it exactly agrees with the number above-named; there remains then six, to whom Churchill's order, "_keep them below,"_ might apply, namely, Heywood, Stewart, Coleman, Norman, M'Intosh, and Byrne.
'Could Byrne have been one of them?
_No_, for he was in the cutter alongside.

Could Coleman have been one of them?
_No_, for he was at the gangway when the captain and officers went into the launch, and aft upon the taffrail when the boat was veered astern.

Could Norman have been one of them?
_No_, for he was speaking to the officers.

Could M'Intosh have been one of them?
_No_, for he was with Coleman and Norman, desiring the captain and officers to take notice that they were not concerned in the mutiny.

It could then have applied to nobody but to Mr.Stewart and myself; and by this order of Churchill, therefore, was I prevented from going with the captain in the boat.
'The foregoing appear to me the most material points of evidence on the part of the prosecution.