April. On the first of this month the criminal court sat for the trial of a soldier belonging to the regiment, who had a few days before stabbed a seaman of the Reliance, who insulted him when sentinel at one of the wharfs at Sydney. The man died of the wound; the soldier, being called upon to answer for his death, proved to the satisfaction of the court, that it had been occasioned by the intemperance of the seaman, and he was accordingly found to have committed a justifiable homicide. NOTE: Reliance brought out Gov Hunter and two important sailors Matthew Flinders & Surgeon George Bass plus Lt Shortland discoverer of Newcastle. Plus Bennelong on her first voyage to Aust arr 7 Sep 1795 and arr from the Cape 26 Jun 1997
