The Tryals of Jack Rackham and other Pirates
Contains details of the trial of John Rackham and his crew, including Ann Bonny and Mary Read. It also gives some details of Charles Vane’s trial. Source: National Library of Jamaica.
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A Full And Exact Account, Of The Tryal Of All The Pyrates, Lately Taken By Captain Ogle
Details of the 1723 trials of the pirates of both the Fortune and the Ranger serving under Bartholomew Roberts after their defeat and capture by HMS Swallow under Captain Chaloner Ogle in early 1722. Contains a wealth of valuable testimony, depositions, interviews, and glimpses into the lives of Golden Age pirates and their victims.
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Arraignment, trial, and condemnation of Captain William Kidd
The arraignment, tryal, and condemnation of Captain William Kidd, for murther and piracy, upon six several indictments, at the Admiralty-Sessions, held by His Majesty’s commission at the Old-Baily, on Thursday the 8th. and Friday the 9th. of May, 1701 : who, upon full evidence, was found guilty, receiv’d sentence, and was accordingly executed at execution-dock, May the 23rd : as also, the tryals of Nicholas Churchill, James Howe, Robert Lamley, William Jenkins, Gabriel Loff, Hugh Parrot, Richard Barlicorn, Abel Owens, and Darby Mullins, at the same time and place for piracy : perused by the judges and council : to which are added, Captain Kidd’s two commissions, one under the great seal of England, and the other under the great seal of the Court of Admiralty.
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