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Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New YorkWarburton, A. F. (Adolphus Frederick)

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Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York

Name: Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York
Author: Warburton, A. F. (Adolphus Frederick)

Warburton, A. F. (Adolphus Frederick)

Piracy -- United States; Privateering -- United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

brig, the Joseph, and master and commander thereof, and in and upon
    divers other persons, each then and there being a mariner, and one
    of the ship's company of the said brig, the Joseph, whose names are
    to the Jurors aforesaid unknown, piratically, feloniously and
    violently make an assault, and them did, on pretense of authority
    from a person, to wit, one Jefferson Davis, then and there,
    piratically, feloniously and violently, put in bodily fear and
    danger of their lives, and did, on pretense of authority from a
    person, to wit, one Jefferson Davis, then and there, the said brig,
    the said Joseph, of the value of $3,000, and the tackle, apparel
    and furniture of the same, of the value of $500, of the goods,
    chattels and personal property of George H. Cables, John Cables and
    Stephen Hatch, citizens of the United States of America, and two
    hundred and fifty hogsheads of sugar, of the value of $100 each
    hogshead, of the goods, chattels and personal property of one
    Morales, whose Christian name is to the Jurors aforesaid unknown,
    the said sugar being then and there in and on board the said brig,
    the Joseph, and being then and there the lading thereof, and the
    said brig, and the tackle, apparel and furniture thereof, and the
    said two hundred and fifty hogsheads of sugar, then and there being
    in the care, custody and possession of the said Thies N. Meyer and
    the said divers other persons, mariners as aforesaid, and of the
    ship's company of the said brig, the Joseph, and whose names are to
    the Jurors aforesaid unknown, from the said Thies N. Meyer and the
    said divers other persons, mariners as aforesaid, and of the ship's
    company of the said brig, the Joseph, whose names are as aforesaid
    to the Jurors aforesaid unknown, and from their care, custody and
    possession, and in their presence and against their will,
    piratically, feloniously, and violently, rob, seize, steal, take
    and carry away, against the form of the statute of the said United
    States of America in such case made and provided, and against the
    peace of the said United States and their dignity.

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Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York

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