He saw two
or three such pamphlets as were shown in court, which were thrown out
of the box. Mr. King came in and picked up a pamphlet and said he should
like to have the reading of one; and the prisoner said he might. When
King saw it, he said it would not answer, it was too far South. A day
or two after he asked King what he thought of it, and he said he didn't
like it, and asked witness if he had seen the endorsement, which he
showed, "read and circulate." Witness didn't see any writing on the
others. He had some conversation with Crandall when the news first came
of the attempt to murder Mrs. Thornton, and told prisoner nobody was
to blame but the New Yorkers and their _aid de camps_; and that the boy
said he had made use of their abolition pamphlets. Crandall replied,
that he didn't approve of putting them into circulation, for the
excitement was too high already.

_Cross-examined._ He said he helped unpack the box--that he knew of no
other pamphlets; but Crandall had newspapers to put up his plants.
Witness was in the shop almost every day, and never saw more than two
or three people there; and never saw Crandall talking with any colored
people or slaves. He was in the habit of going out into the fields,
and brought back a great many plants. He thought the prisoner conducted
himself very well, and was a very steady man in every respect. The
papers in his office were of all sorts, and from different cities.

_William Robinson_ saw the words "read and circulate," but had never
seen the defendant write. He had received similar publications but did
not know where they came from. One came through the post-office, but was
not postmarked where it was sent from; and had no postage on it. He
returned it to New York to the publisher. He heard Crandall admit the
handwriting to be his in the jail.

_Charles Gordon_ was in the War Department, and the whole building was
flooded by them. He returned his to New York to the agent with remarks,
and had received none since. This was just before Crandall's arrest.

_Coxe_ remarked he had done the same; and it was no evidence against
Crandall.

_The Court_ was of opinion that the printing and publishing these
pamphlets in New York, is not evidence of their publication here, so as
to fix upon the defendant here such a knowledge of their publication as
to make his possession alone, even with the words "_read and circulate_"
written upon them, evidence of the publication of them by