_George Rose_, late of _Glasgow_, Mariner.

_George Dubin_, late of _Glasgow_, Mariner.

_John Ridge_, late of _London_, Mariner.

_Matthew King_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner.

_Daniel Perry_, late of _Guernsey_, Mariner.

_Henry Virgin_, late of _Bristol_, Mariner.

_James Rattle_, alias _Robbins_, late of _London_,
Merchant.

_James Mullet_, alias _Millet_, late of _London_,
Mariner.

_Thomas Price_, late of _Bristol_, Mariner.

_James Wilson_, late of _Dublin_, Mariner.

_John Lopez_, late of _Oporto_, Mariner.

_Zachariah Long_, late of the Province of _Holland_,
Mariner.

_Job. Barley_, late of _London_, Mariner.

_John William Smith_, late of _Charles_ Town in
_Carolina_, Mariner.

_Thomas Carman_, late of _Maidstone_ in _Kent_, Mariner.

_John Thomas_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner.

_William Morrison_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner.

_Samuel Booth_, late of _Charles_ Town, Mariner.

_William Howet_, late of _Jamaica_, Mariner.

_John Kent_, late of _North Carolina_, Mariner.

_William Livres_, alias _Evis_, late of _Carolina_,
Mariner.

_John Brierly_, alias _Timberhead_, late of _Bath_ Town
in _North Carolina_, Mariner.

_Robert Boyd_, late of _Bath_ Town in North _Carolina_,
Mariner.

_Thomas Nicholas_, late of _London_, Mariner.

_Rowland Sharp_, late of _Bath_ Town, Mariner.

_Jonathan Clark_, late of _Charles_ Town, Mariner.

_Thomas Gerrard_, late of _Antegoa_, Mariner.

All of whom, except the four last, were found Guilty, and received
Sentence of Death, upon two Indictments, for Robbing upon the High Sea
the _Francis_, _Peter Manwaring_, Commander; and for seizing, in a
Piratical Manner, the Sloop _Fortune_, _Thomas Read_, Commander: To
which they all pleaded Not Guilty, except _James Wilson_ and _John
Levit_, who pleaded Guilty to both Indictments, and _Daniel Piercy_
to one only. _Bonnet_ moved to go through both the Indictments at
once; but the Court overruling it, he was found Guilty of one, and
retracted his Plea to the other. They made but little Defence,
pretending they were taken off a _Maroon_ Shore, and were shipped with
Major _Bonnet_ to go to _St. Thomas's_, but wanting provisions they
were obliged to do what they did; and the Major himself pretended it
was _Necessity_ and not _Inclination_ that compelled them to do it.
But that not