text_original: After which the prisoner was informed that now was his time to make his defence. The prisoner then said he had no witnesses as to the fact, but that he thought the log book would sufficiently support what he had said in his defence, as that the witnesses who had been produced against him had sworn with halters about their necks, in order to screen themselves from their wicked acts of mutiny and piracy, well knowing that if he escaped they must be hanged.
text_transcription: AFTER WHICH THE PRISONER WAS INFORMED THAT NOW WAS HIS TIME TO MAKE HIS DEFENCE THE PRISONER THEN SAID HE HAD NO WITNESSES AS TO THE FACT BUT THAT HE THOUGHT THE LOG BOOK WOULD SUFFICIENTLY SUPPORT WHAT HE HAD SAID IN HIS DEFENCE AS THAT THE WITNESSES WHO HAD BEEN PRODUCED AGAINST HIM HAD SWORN WITH HALTERS ABOUT THEIR NECKS IN ORDER TO SCREEN THEMSELVES FROM THEIR WICKED ACTS OF MUTINY AND PIRACY WELL KNOWING THAT IF HE ESCAPED THEY MUST BE HANGED
phonemes: ˈæftɚ wˌɪtʃ ðə pɹˈɪzənɚ wʌz ɪnfˈɔːɹmd ðæt nˈaʊ wʌz hɪz tˈaɪm tə mˌeɪk hɪz dᵻfˈɛns. ðə pɹˈɪzənɚ ðˈɛn sˈɛd hiː hæd nˈoʊ wˈɪtnəsᵻz æz tə ðə fˈækt, bˌʌt ðæt hiː θˈɔːt ðə lˈɔɡ bˈʊk wʊd səfˈɪʃəntli səpˈɔːɹt wʌt hiː hæd sˈɛd ɪn hɪz dᵻfˈɛns, æz ðætðə wˈɪtnəsᵻz hˌuː hɐdbɪn pɹədˈuːst ɐɡˈɛnst hˌɪm hæd swˈɔːɹn wɪð hˈɔltɚz ɐbˌaʊt ðɛɹ nˈɛks, ɪn ˈɔːɹdɚ tə skɹˈiːn ðɛmsˈɛlvz fɹʌm ðɛɹ wˈɪkᵻd ˈækts ʌv mjˈuːtɪni ænd pˈaɪɚɹəsi, wˈɛl nˈoʊɪŋ ðæt ɪf hiː ɛskˈeɪpt ðeɪ mˈʌst biː hˈæŋd.