Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-04

..;',s,s shipped on board the friva'eer, al ane
"Lhes' of Mr.. Armstrong and capt. Buy
s0"'. phvsician, Purser and captains Clerk;
sam % had taken out professional certificates
- I,;.,o,. The Carraboo was taken on a
q -. c.s, hove in sight al 9 10 the morning;
'.". recoIlrc,s no argument used oy MN
",usT C,n,, Baysan wished to put Iaparoni on
~ Rrip, as prize asIer, To induce nm
'01'| T.,jor o, board; Taylor is an Americans;
:; aid no, urge Taylor's being sent, nor
wins, 80 S,b,la's going; does not recolleci
ooTs, yri,,rn "a lel,er for the disposal OF the
'a."S u,,bo,I the prisoners knowledge; did
-"S orrr looking over The Carraboo's papers,
J, ;s. the captain that she was a braziilan
$500. during the first night the crew were
, -, under the matches; they were oil the coast
'ttr,r.;c, the day before they made Lanzarote;
% ,,'.ss ala 70, distribute the clothing among
~. p,;y,,eer's crew; the prisoner ordered lots
:. 5.,wo and drew them himself from a
si,,ess was on board the Sch'r. al 81.
T - brro,e the late cruise, when Taylor
- o,bs,s went on shore did not see them bring
81, commission; the Sch'r was supplied
..;,h ,,,,iions from BALTIMORE, and by Mr..
d., ., s.. Thomas. with ammunition.
~ Mr. Smi,h.-Wi,ness understood, the
,sIon was 10 continue in force for one
1872. he Carrabuo's papers were thrown over
t,,rl ry witness, with the exception OF a letter
- ;as,rpr,io,s. whirh he wax informed was
ken on; OF his pocket.
Nv Mr.. Pigurnit.-r The prisoner gave capt
cook $50, AID said h. would ha,e no obJec'
ion 10 Give up the clothes, II the boat could
carry them.
Tb, COMM sion was then given in c,id nee,
and translated by The Interpreter; II authorised
= r,uj,e for one wear, from the day OF the pri-
y,,eer's sailing from the port of equipment
r, endorsements on the back, the command
was transferred from Quincy (to whom the
commission was originally granted) TO Stiles,
,nd rom Stiles to Buysan
The "particullr instructions" Gi the Prla-
,etr were also read in evidence, and translated.
Nj. Smith ,hen addre sssd The Jury, aud cited
he following authorizes in explanation OF he
as respeclirg the crimc 1T piracy: Arch
Dads P. G. 40; coman's Dlg's', SIS; SIR III
Jenkins, e4-6. TN l'arncd gentleman
proceeded Ia commeGt o. the e,ideoce,
md spoke at considerable length, showing that
The facts Of thu case, he capture OF a Bri'
vessel going To The very place where the
prisoner allcGSed he hid received his commits
ion; a vessel Of hat nation which had done
more for Buenos Ayrcs aud the South Ameri-
,an S,a.es than they had done Tor themselves;
he suhduction of her papers, the captain, crew
snl passengers plundercd, and put IN fear OF
,hrir lives, the sending Of The vessel tn ST. Eu-
status, a neutral Island, in amity both with
Grear Britain and Burnos Avr.s; the date Of
the Portuguese register which the prisoner had
y,,ed was touni on board he Carraboo; the
at which she was taken from the port
said TO be under blockade; his not sending her
10 some port Tor legal adjudication, bat order
ing the cargo TO be sold through the agency Of
p,rlits resident at a pSce watch, from the cir.
bsfore the Court, might be wei!
called i nest Ct iniqui,y, and where the parties
NAV ultimately receive the just reward Of heir
conduct; The alteration Of the commission o.
~riginally granted tor twelve months only,-sli
these facts so clearly proved the amino depre-
4andi, and 50 completely brought bome TO the
prisoner the offence wi n winch he was charS.
I'd, that i,'would be impossible for The Jury, on
,hcir conscience and on their Oaths, 10 10 ota>
erwiSe than fGd him guilty Of piracy.
Mr. MlrdenbroUgh said, lha' he law on the
subrct saving been clearly LAID down by his
learned friend, he would merely enter into !
full review Of he evidence; which, he observed,
had proved the prisoner at the bar TO be a
roaming pirate in every respect, but particular
" with regard to the Csrrahoo. The distance
trum Brazil TO the place Wherr this vessel vas
cAp'arsd, was not less than 1000 mules; and the
'caeme OF the piisoner a. The bar was, 10 allegc
hat She vas from Para bound 10 Lisbon, in or
der that She nigh, escape il fallen in vita by a
Frruch or Brlrisb man-of-war. Ret how could
rbe supposed that a vessel from lAe lr. Ills,
should have bales OF European good, on board, s.
a~cOnsnis certificate dated IN London no, twen-
" days btforr? The whole scheme was hasti>
iy g1t up, and was j most audacious attempt
~ farther The ends ofpiracy. With resp. c, 10
;hr testimony OF accomplices, the learned coun-
SCI explained the law, and cited an suthoriry
We believe Phillips Law Of E,d 4O) on The
SUBJECT tie English, he added were NOT only
"r hi"nd> OF The Brazuians and Buenos Az
'ea"s, but were thai nation TO whom peculiarly
"r'nngs thr empire OF he sras. In this case, a
'"'a ade British vessel, with a cargo worth
$4,000. sterling, performing a legal Voyage,
vas captured, aud quietly S, nj dozen, as i, is
'tF'het, 10 certain persons at ST Eustatius-
nose iand rats who are sail IN be worse than
dc water rats; and i; would turn out that the
parties encouraging * practising such schemes