The Massachusetts spy, or, Thomas's Boston journal. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1772-1775, 1773-08-12
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for piracy and robbery on the high seas )
the examination of witnthss for the crow
and prifoa.i hid ill Friday night, when th'
Court adi1gtncd ill Tuelday following,
ten o'tlock, when Samuel Fitch, E'qi Ad
vocate Genera, afer re examining feVerai
of thu witnrA:.s fn the King, applied the e.
vidences on the Clown iide; the afternoon
and the next day were taken up by John
Adams and JoGah Q .iucy,jun. Eiqrs; coun
Gil for the priioner in his defence and on
Thurflay afternoon the Advocate General
clofed the cauie. The Court then ted the
prfoner, if be had any thing further TO fay
In his behalf, he would have an opportunity
the next day; and then adjourned to ten
o'clock next morning. --The Court then
meeting proceeded toafk the prilonerf be had
any thing further to offer to theCourt,in ad
di,ion to what his Council had already fAid {:
Eppn which the prfoner expreled bis with
es that celtain witnene. (who he sppre-
heuded would tsaify in his favour had been
ptefen, and concluded with faying, that
{" if lofe my life, | am innocent of the
crime laid to my charge"
The Court then gave orders that all per
Gons depart, except The Regieer and hav-
ing conlidered of the Evidence, &c. for a
bout two hours and half, the prifoner was
again called in, when the Pfeiident, after a
foIemn psufe, told the priloner, " TIE CoHri
bavs esnGdtredefyour eGtnce, and tby do not
think t1at the Evidencs offered 10 them is inf
Gcient to rupert the Charge oisdgsd 0gaigf
jon in the informafion.-- and fbrefars adjudgt
ysR NOT GUILTY."
Motion was then made by the ptiloncr''
Council that he might be discharged and
the Advocate Genelal not objeeng, it was
granted The prifoner being informed of it.
RESPECTFULLY bowed to the Court, and faid,-
IS thank the honorable Court-and GOD
for my deliverance =
TheCourt was then adjourned without day.
Thus ended trial, for the mott lurpriine
event, which has happened in this, and per-
haps any oher age of the world.
Its rumored, that in late trial Of great
expectation, four of the Judges were TO-
acqui,tal, and four for condemnation anc
the Court being equally divided, an acqul.tal
of the prifoner followed of cou1e.
MARRIED. Mr.. Samuel Poole, to Mils
Mary Phillips, an agreeable young Lady.
NEw-YoRK, July 2o. On Monday e.
venlng lait arrived the Wentworth, and
Prince of w ales tranfports with the forty-le
venth regiment, after paaage of near ter
weeks from Cork. This battalion is com.
nanded by Lieut.. Col. William Ntlbitt
brother to Arnold Nefbtt, Eiq; member o
parliament for Winchelfea, the following
q are the names Of the othel officers with th
corps, (which had a diainguilhsd fhare il
the glory Of anuexing the French dominon
in North America to the Britiih empire, j
then was commanded by General Lalcelles
but Major General Guy Carleton, COVER
nor of Quebec, now fucceeds that deceafe'
veteran as the Colonel.) Major Smelt TIL
Captains Pauus EmiIius Irving, Enelan'
and Craig; the Lieutenants Mari, God
M'Kinnon, Hll,iard, Storey, Dupor', AM
M'Leod, Endgns England, M'Dermot, ant
WcR, Adjuisnt Turner, Quarter Matte
Pailpor, aud Mr.. Dobbiu, the Surgeon Il
the regiment.
On Tuelday evening the tranfports will
the 47th regiment, failed for Amboy.
NEw-LoNDoN, July %. On the I3'l
Infant, there was couliderable fall Of rsiI
il Ear H4doam, attended With thunder ant
lightning, which killed COW belonging a
Mr. Trno;hy Btainerd, near his houfe +; j
q truck and greatly damaged the roof o
barn belonging to '.lifs Anu Selden Ar
Iatan who vas .l:eP IN the barn, Jays he wa
alnoG luf,ca,ed with the Guphu'ou: heat
Cap. DENTON arrived at Stoning,on, ;
few days paa, in - days from GludAloupe
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