seven o'clock
At last all was done , and I went to bed tired and unhappy ; but I slept soundly , which could not be said of my counsel , for he went on shore at eleven o'clock , and sat up all night making a fair copy . After all , the fairest court of justice is a naval court-martial -- no brow-beating of witnesses , an evident inclination towards the prisoner -- every allowance and every favour granted him , and no legal quibbles attended to . It is a court of equity , with very few exceptions ; and the humbler the individual , the greater the chance in his favour . I was awoke the following morning by my counsel , who had not gone to bed the previous night , and who had come off at seven o'clock to read over with me my defence . At nine o'clock I again proceeded on board , and in a short time the court was sitting . I came in , handed my defence to the judge-advocate , who read it aloud to the court . I have a copy still by me , and will give the whole of it to the reader .