Massachusetts. Court of Admiralty
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- Open LibraryOL15143796A
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Books by Massachusetts. Court of Admiralty
Total count: 3
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The arraignment, tryal and condemnation of Capt. John Quelch, and others of his company, &c., for sundry piracies, robberies and murder committed upon the subjects of the King of Portugal, Her Majesty's Allie, on the coast of Brasil, &cwho upon full evidence, were found guilty, at the Court-House in Boston, on the thirteenth of June, 1704 by virtue of a commission, grounded upon the act of the eleventh and twelfth years of King William, for the more effectual suppression of piracy, with the arguments of the Queen's council and council for the prisoners upon the said act : perused by his excellency Joseph Dudley, Esq., captain-general and commander in chief in and over Her Majesty's province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, in America, &c. : to which are also added, some papers that were produc'd at the tryal abovesaid : with an account of the ages of the several prisoners and the places where they were bornPrinted for Ben. Bragg1705-01-01
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The Tryals of sixteen persons for piracy, &cFour of which were found guilty, and the rest acquitted. At a special Court of Admiralty for the Tryal of Pirates, held at Boston within the province of the Masachusetts-Bay in New-England, on Monday the fourth day of July, anno dom. 1726. Pursuant to His Majesty's commission, founded on an act of Parliament, made in the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of King William the Third, intitled, An act for the more effectual suppression of piracy. And made perpetual by an act of the sixth of King GeorgePrinted for and sold by Joseph Edwards, at the corner shop on the north-side of the town-house1726-01-01
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The Trials of five persons for piracy, felony and robberywho were found guilty and condemned, at a Court of Admiralty for the trial of piracies, felonies and robberies, committed on the high seas, held at the court-house in Boston, within His Majesty's province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, on Tuesday the fourth day of October, anno domini, 1726. Pursuant to His Majesty's royal commission, founded on an act of Parliament made in the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of King William the Third, entituled, An act for the more effectual suppression of piracy; and made perpetual by an act of the sixth year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King GeorgePrinted by T. Fleet, for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill.1726-01-01