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СКАЧАТЬ a red English Ensign, a King's Jack, and a Dutch Pendant, which they struck at, or about, Three in the Afternoon, and called for Quarters; it proving to be a French built Ship of 32 Guns, called the Ranger.

       Isaac Sun,

       Ralph Baldrick,

       Daniel Maclauglin.

      When the Evidence had been heard, the Prisoners were called upon to answer, how they came on Board this Pyrate Ship; and their Reason for so audacious a Resistance, as had been made against the King's Ship.

      To this, each, in his Reply, owned himself to be one of those taken out of the Ranger; that he had signed their piratical Articles, and shared in their Plunder, some few only accepted, who had been there too short a Time. But that neither in this signing, or sharing, nor in the Resistance had been made against his Majesty's Ship, had they been Volunteers, but had acted in these several Parts, from a Terror of Death; which a Law amongst them, was to be the Portion of those who refused. The Court then ask'd, who made those Laws? How those Guns came to be fired? Or why they had not deserted their Stations, and mutinied, when so fair a Prospect of Redemption offered? They replied still, with the same Answers, and could extenuate their Crimes, with no other Plea, than being forced Men. Wherefore the Court were of Opinion, that the Indictment, as it charged them with an unlawful Attack and Resistance of the King's Ship, was sufficiently proved; but then it being undeniably evident, that many of these Prisoners had been forced, and some of them of very short standing, they did, on mature Deliberation, come to this merciful Resolution;

      That they would hear further Evidence for, or against, each Person singly, in Relation to those Parts of the Indictment, which declared them Volunteers, or charged them with aiding and assisting, at the burning, sinking, or robbing of other Ships; for if they acted, or assisted, in any Robberies or Devastations, it would be a Conviction they were Volunteers; here such Evidence, though it might want the Form, still carried the Reason of the Law with it.

      The Charge was exhibited also against the following Pyrates taken out of the Royal Fortune.

* Mich. Mare	in the Rover 5 Years ago
* Chris. Moody	under Davis	1718.
* Mar. Johnson	a Dutch Ship	18.
* James Philips	the RevengePyrate Sloop	17.
* David Symson	Pyrates with Davis
* Tho. Sutton	Pyrates with Davis
* Hag. Jacobson	a Dutch Ship	1719
* W. Williams 1	Sadbury Captain Thomas Newfoundland	1719
* Wm. Fernon	Sadbury Captain Thomas Newfoundland	June 1720.
* W. Willams 2	Sadbury Captain Thomas Newfoundland	June 1720.
* Roger Scot	Sadbury Captain Thomas Newfoundland
* Tho. Owen	York of Bristol	May 1720.
* Wm. Taylor	York of Bristol	May 1720.
* Joseph Nositer	Expedition of Topsham	May 1720.
* John Parker	Willing Mind of Pool	July 1720.
* Robert Crow	Happy Return Sloop	July 1720.
* George Smith	Mary and Martha	July 1720.
* Ja. Clements	Success Sloop	July 1720.
* John Walden	Blessing of Lymington	July 1720.
* Jo. Mansfield	from Martinico
† James Harris	Richard Pink
* John Philips	a fishing Boat
Harry Glasby	Samuel Capt. Cary.	July 1720.
Hugh Menzies	Samuel Capt. Cary.	July 1720.
* Wm. Magnus
* Joseph Moor	May Flower Sloop	Feb. 1720.
† John du Frock	Loyd Gally Capt. Hyngston	May 1721.
Wm. Champnies	Loyd Gally Capt. Hyngston	May 1721.
George Danson	Loyd Gally Capt. Hyngston	May 1721.
† Isaac Russel	Loyd Gally Capt. Hyngston
Robert Lilbourn	Jeremiah and Ann, Capt. Turner	Ap. 1721.
* Robert Johnson	Jeremiah and Ann, Capt. Turner	Ap. 1721.
Wm. Darling	Jeremiah and Ann, Capt. Turner	Ap. 1721.
† Wm. Mead	Jeremiah and Ann, Capt. Turner
Thomas Diggles	Christopher Snow	Ap. 1721.
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