NICHOLAS EASTON, Gov'r.[5] WILLIAM CODDINGTON, D'py Gov'r. [Footnote 3: October.] [Footnote 4: Jail.] [Footnote 5: Nicholas Easton, governor of Rhode Island from May, 1672, to May, 1674; William Coddington, deputy governor 1673-1674, and afterwards governor.] _40. Petition of Allwin Child. October 24, 1673._[1] [Footnote 1: Suffolk Court Files, no. 1257, paper 5.] To the Hon'rd Governor and Coart of Asistants The Humble Petition of Allwin Child Sheweth, That a ship called the _St. Anthony_ was consigned unto your petitioner from Lisbon under the Command of John Tarry, and in his voyage, about one hundred and ten Leagues from Lisbon, the seamen of the sd. ship mutined Against the sd. Commander and turned himself, his supercargo, mate and Boy out of said ship into the Boate to shift for themselves and Ran Away with the shipe, Some of the men so running Away being at present under conviction in this prison, and three others having bin taken at Plimouth in order to bee also Brought to Answare for their misdimeniors before the Authouritey of this Colony, But did theare Breake prison and escaped unto the Government of Road Iland, at which place they are Apprehended, and the said Tarry is Liquise now Arived there for Another ship, consigned allso to your petitioner, and is there detained to prosicute the Above offenders. Your Petitioner in Behalf of the Imployers humbly craves that your Hon'rs would be pleased to take such Coarse that the said escaped prisoners may bee sent for to this place to Answare these facts According to Law, the Evidence Against them Being partly heard All Ready, and the Comander being also Bound to this place, soe that his stay theare will bee very preduditiall to the voyge of said ship and Imployers, the Ship Requiering A speedy Dispatch. And he shall Pray [_Endorsed:_] Allwin Child petition to Gov'r and Mag'ts in Court of Assists. 24 Oct. 1673.[2] [Footnote 2: The Court of Assistants, March 7, 1674, fined Major Nicholas Shapleigh 500 pounds for harboring and concealing in his warehouse William Forrest, Alexander Wilson, and John Smith, "capitall offenders," arranging their escape, and receiving and concealing their goods. _Records of the Court of Assistants_, I. 12-14, where a petition of Alvin Child in the matter is referred to. See also Maine Historical Society, _Documentary History_, second ser., VI. 38-42.] CASE OF RODRIGUEZ AND RHODES. _41. Declaration of Thomas Mitchell. May 24, 1675._[1]