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London, England, 1816-11-20 00:00:00

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This use' WAS an Appeal from a Dean orthe
Mister of the Rolls, respecting Vie ii port of tWo
words in a ant Connie' titre yesterday and
to.da'y heard:neon it. Hies Lordship,effirtned the
Decree, but *omit costs. .
COURT OF KIWI'S BENCH, NOVEMBU. tc •
• The COUrt was occupied.sll day in arguing Special
Cases, but none of.thens were of general intete“..
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ADMIRALTY SRMIONS.
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PIIIACY MID cOMSPLIWY.
'Yesterday; Jaatf Nerlarge, Join Picric, John Sean*,
and4amer Revd were tapitallYindicted kir feloniously
end piratteaVy conspiring to •carry ofrthe Mary Anne,
private India alsiN the property of John Palmer, Esq.
and her etargo, indigo', .pepper,salt.
petre, exceeding in value 4309„000.
Mr. Guerin, fbr the'prnsecution, stated the case.
`to the 3ifiy, and it war supported by the. following'
'evidence 1. • •

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Captain James Webster, was. the commander of _
the Mary Anne, country ship, bound from Calcutta
to London. Om the sth of. September last got, to
St. Helena; prisoners were seamen lin board; Pierie,
Satan, and Reed, came on boird 'at- the Isle' of
.Frances the Grew consisted of 45 petsoirs; mostly.
fititr.9prans. besides which, that were also on board
come Company's a:tidier:, a Lady passenger
with her letnale servant, and a soldier's wale; Messrs.
Williams, Douglas, and Quincey, were the Ist, 'AI,
and Sd Mates ;—on the day they bossed the line,
after having left St: Helena, one of the prisoners
(Reed) delivered to witness alettini purporting to
be signed by the ship's company, complaining that
Mr. Williams, the Chief Mate, had struck the man
at the wheel; in consequence of this, witness ordered
Mr. Williams to be confined to his own cabin ;
short time before this, Norborge had also complained
*of Williams'i treatment old him, and the day aster,
Pierie and Norburge came to witness in presence of
Captaio Blakeny, a passenger, and said there was a
.stet of determined men on board, and unless Mr.Wil-
hams was put under arrest. something serious would
`happen ; tens days after this, witness, in consequence.
of some ieformsnion which he had received, went
with the ship's officers, a hew soldiers, and some of
the crew an whom he could depend, all armed, and
surrounded the main hatchway; it was at the time
the crew had gone to dinner; the prisoners Pierie,
Norburge, and Sennett, were severally called up on
`deck and put in irons, 'as were also several others;
the prisoner Reed was at this time at the helm.
Cross.examined.—Was a Captain ten years, ship..
ped a man named Wheeler at the Isle pf France.—.
Grant was also taken on board there. Wheeler was
not a good seaman, but never had a complaint that
prisoners' were obliged to-do his duty. There were
eighty persons on board.
John Wheeler was a sailor on board the Mail
Anne, from the Isle of France to England Remem-
bered the complaints against Williams. On Satur-
day, two days before the prisoners were plat inikOns,
Piers awoke- witnesi as he was sleeping-on tee tile.
castle, saying he had very important business to tom•
municate.. Witness asked what it was? Pierie drew
* book out ei4siebeseiei awe desired witness to take
hold of it, witness declined, but said he would agree
to any thing Aerie should say to him .; Pierii said he
wanted to take the ship from these d—d fasells that
commanded her, and he asked esitikiis to be loyal to
him and a few other comrades ; witness gave his
consent in order to get fipla Picric his plan ; about
eight o'clock that esening. witness went to the gang-
way, and told what he Mardi to Mr. Qitincey, and
also that he had. heii'd Pierie Wand Norburge say on
the forecastle that they would ask hint (Quincey) to
navigate the ship, and it he should refuse to take the
oath, they would throw him overboard; witness fur.
then told Quineey, that he should not go forward
among the men, as they would oblige him to take
the oath ; nest morning, about eight or nine o'ciocki
witness,: met Pierie again on die forecastle, who asked
him it he had any news ? witness replied in the negt.
live, and asked whether Pierie had any ? Pierie an•
swered he had very good news, that he had 14 or 15
good loyal men, who would assist hint ; witness ask-
ed how the other people in the 'ship were to bi dis-
posed of? Pierie replied, that he would fasten dinttt
the lore hatchway where the soldiers were, then go
aft and tut the thhutrol the Officers and throw
them over board, that he afterwards call up,
the soldiers one by one, and throw thefts also over
board, and every ...ce else that.wat.Mit loyal to him ;
Fitness asked him whet he would do with the Lady.
passenger and thetwo other females ? to which he
replied, they were to be kept for the ship's ow, and
thrown over board as moo as they came within sight
of land; witness then asked how many men he want-
ed ? and • was answered, eighteen awn and three
officers: he added, that he (Pierie) was to be Cap-
tain ; Norburge, chief mate; and Sennett, second
mite:, Witness tbenesked what he would do for
navigators e Pierie said be thought himself one of
the best its the ship, that he would take care not ttr'.•
touch at any port where _English colours were. Wit.
fless mentioned this to Mr. Qoincey, after which,
.Norburge, who had been listening. under the fete
hatchway, came and called him (witness) forward ;
'tin his Way forward, he heard Norburge say to Pierie
that he was sorry any thing had been told to whom,'
'as he (Norburge) feared he would tell it all to the
Captain, for he bad just overheard, him telling it to
Quincey, the third mate. Pierie toldhim not to fear,
but to wait till witness came forward, and then they
would heave him overboard. Norburge said Griot,
was as bed as witness. Witness then went aft, and
*did not go forward that night. On the next day the
ha:ch way we; surrounded, and the prisoners called
up and secured, as mentioned by last witness. When_
Pierie was called up, he said in a trembling manner
to the crew, " If they arc going to put any European
in irons, I hope you won't suffer it;" but none of
the crew node him any answer. Witness never beard
Seanett or Reed say,any thing in this business, nor
heard any thing of it said in hearing.
Croes-esittnined.—Had run away from the Min-
strel, before which he changed his name to Cornets!
Had nes* changed his name before; sever was U.
soldier I never knew Piers or Notbuege till ke went:
on board the Mary Anne.; never hadany animosity,
31;aioss them ; was once oilted by. the crew for steal-,
tog sugar; never said that Norburge aPi cis wee..