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
then and there being in and on board of the said brig the Joseph,
did then and there, piratically, feloniously, and violently make an
assault, and them did then and there piratically, feloniously, and
violently put in bodily fear, and the said brig, the Joseph, of the
value of $3,000; the apparel, tackle, and furniture thereof, of the
value of $500; of the goods, chattels, and personal property of the
said George H. Cables, John Cables, and Stephen Hatch, and 250
hogsheads of sugar of the value of $100 each hogshead, of the
goods, chattels, and personal property of one Thies N. Meyer, from
the said divers persons, mariners, as aforesaid, whose names are to
the jurors aforesaid unknown, in their presence, then and there,
and against their will, did then and there piratically,
feloniously, and violently 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.
_Fourth 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 one thousand
eight hundred and sixty one, 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 vessel then and there being, to wit, a brig called
the Joseph, and in and upon one Thies N. Meyer, then and there
being in and on board of the said brig, and being a mariner and
master and commander of the said brig, and the said Thies N. Meyer
then and there being a citizen of the United States of America, did
then and there piratically, feloniously, and violently make an
assault, and him, the said Thies N. Meyer, did then and there
piratically, feloniously, and violently put in great bodily fear,
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