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
Warburton, A. F. (Adolphus Frederick)
Piracy -- United States; Privateering -- United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Merritt, John Quin, and Joseph H. Golden, and from their said
possession, care, and custody, and in their presence and against
their will, violently, piratically, and feloniously seize, rob,
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.
_Second Count_: And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath
aforesaid, do further present: That Thomas Harrison Baker, late of
the City and County of New York, in the District and Circuit
aforesaid, mariner; and John Harleston, late of the same place,
mariner; Charles Sidney Passalaigue, late of the same place,
mariner; Henry Cashman Howard, late of the same place, mariner;
Joseph Cruz del Carno, late of the same place, mariner; Henry Oman,
late of the same place, mariner; Patrick Daly, late of the same
place, mariner; William Charles Clark, late of the same place,
mariner; Albert Gallatin Ferris, late of the same place, mariner;
Richard Palmer, late of the same place, mariner; John Murphy, late
of the same place, mariner; Alexander Carter Coid, late of the same
place, mariner; and Martin Galvin, late of the same place, mariner,
on the third day of June, in the year of our Lord 1861, upon the
high seas, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, and
within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the said United
States of America, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, did,
with force and arms, piratically, feloniously, and violently set
upon, board, break, and enter a certain American vessel, to wit, a
brig called the Joseph, the same then and there being owned, in
part, by George H. Cables, John Cables, and Stephen Hatch, then
citizens of the United State of America, and did then and there, in
and on board of the said brig, the Joseph, in and upon one Thies N.
Meyer, then and there being a mariner and one of the ship's company
of the said 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 then and
there piratically, feloniously, and violently put in bodily fear
and danger of their lives, and did then and there, the said brig,
the said Joseph, of the value of three thousand dollars, and the
tackle, apparel, and furniture of the same, of the value of five
hundred dollars, 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 one hundred dollars each hogshead, of the
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