The King's Commission to Judge _Trot_ was read, and a Grand Jury sworn, for the finding of the several Bills, and a learned Charge given them by the said Judge, wherein he 1st shewed, _That the Sea was given by God, for the Use of Men, and is Subject to Dominion and Property, as well as the Land_. 2dly, He particularly remark'd to them, _the Sovereignty of the King of_ England _over the_ British _Seas_. 3dly, He observed, _that as Commerce and Navigation could not be carried on without Laws; so there have been always particular Laws, for the better ordering and regulating marine Affairs_; with an historical Account or those Laws, and Origine. 4thly, He proceeded to shew, _that there have been particular Courts and Judges appointed; to whose Jurisdiction maritime Causes do belong, and that in Matters both Civil and Criminal_. And then 5thly, He particularly shewed them, _the Constitution and Jurisdiction of that Court of Admiralty Sessions_. And lastly, _the Crimes cognizable therein_; and particularly enlarged _upon the Crime of Pyracy_, which was then brought before them. The Indictments being found, a petit Jury was sworn, and the following Persons arraigned and tried. * * * _Stede Bonnet_, alias _Edwards_, alias _Thomas_, late of _Barbadoes_, Mariner. _Robert Tucker_, late of the Island of _Jamaica_, Mariner. _Edward Robinson_, late of _New-Castle_ upon _Tine_, Mariner. _Neal Paterson_, late of _Aberdeen_, Mariner. _William Scot_, late of _Aberdeen_, Mariner. _William Eddy_, alias _Neddy_, late of _Aberdeen_, Mariner. _Alexander Annand_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner. _George Rose_, late of _Glascow_, Mariner. _George Dunkin_, late of _Glascow_, Mariner. *_Thomas Nicholas_, late of _London_, Mariner. _John Ridge_, late of _London_, Mariner. _Matthew King_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner. _Daniel Perry_, late of _Guernsey_, Mariner. _Henry Virgin_, late of _Bristol_, Mariner. _James Robbins_, alias _Rattle_, late of _London_, Mariner. _James Mullet_, alias _Millet_, late of _London_, Mariner. _Thomas Price_, late of _Bristol_, Mariner. _James Wilson_, late of _Dublin_, Mariner. _John Lopez_, late of _Oporto_, Mariner. _Zachariah Long_, late of the Province of _Holland_, Mariner. _Job Bayly_, late of _London_, Mariner. _John-William Smith_, late of _Charles-Town, Carolina_, Mariner. _Thomas Carman_, late of _Maidstone_ in _Kent_, Mariner. _John Thomas_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner. _William Morrison_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner. _Samuel Booth_, late of _Charles-Town_, Mariner. _William Hewet_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner. _John Levit_, late of _North-Carolina_, Mariner. _William Livers_, alias _Evis_. _John Brierly_, alias _Timberhead_, late of _Bath-Town_ in _North Carolina_, Mariner. _Robert Boyd_, late of _Bath-Town_ aforesaid, Mariner. *_Rowland Sharp_, of _Bath-Town_, Mariner. *_Jonathan Clarke_, late of _Charles-Town, South Carolina_, Mariner.