Page:A general history of the pyrates, from their first rise and settlement in the Island of Providence, to the present time (1724).djvu/304

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Capt. Bartho. Roberts.


* Rob. Haws Joceline Capt. Loane Oct. 1721.
Hugh Riddle Diligence Boat Ja. 1721.
Stephen Thomas
* John Lane King Solomon ditto.
* Sam. Fletcher
* Wm. Philips
Jacob Johnſon
* John King
Benjamin Par Robinſon Capt. Kanning ditto.
William May Elizabeth Capt. Sharp ditto.
Ed. Thornden
* George Wilſon Tarlton of Leverpool at Cape la Hou
Edward Tarlton
* Robert Hays
Thomas Roberts Charlton Capt. Allwright Feb. 1721.
John Richards
John Cane
Richard Wood Porcupine Capt. Fletcher Whydah Road Feb. 1721.
Richard Scot
Wm. Daviſon
Sam. Morwell
Edward Evans
* John Jeſſup 2 ſurrender'd up at Princes

You, Harry Glaſby, William Daviſon, William Champnies, Samuel Morwell, &c.

Ye, and every one of you, are, in the Name, and by the Authority of our moſt dread Sovereign Lord George, King of Great Britain, indicted as follows.

Foraſmuch as in open Contempt and Violation of the Laws of your Country, to which ye ought to have been ſubject,) ye have all of you been wickedly united and articled together, for the Annoyance and Deſtruction of his Majeſty’s trading Subjects by Sea; and in Conformity to ſo wicked an Agreement and Aſſociation, ye have been twice lately down this Coaſt of Africa, once in Auguſt, and a ſecond Time in January laſt, ſpoiling and deſtroying many Goodsand