(note 2, above), and at this time practising in the court, succeeded
his father as admiralty judge in 1762 (commission Oct. 16, see doc.
no. 180, note 1), and served as such till 1776, when he took the
American side. From 1779 to 1790 he was chief justice of the Supreme
Court of New York.]

[_Endorsements:_] New York Court of Vice Admiralty.--

Richd. Haddon in Behalf of himself the Owners and Comp'y of the
Schooner _Peggy_ _v._ 10 Doubleloons, 5764 Dollars, 105 Pisterreens,
one Bracelett, 20 Gold rings, Some Silver Buckells, Some Small Silver,
six Swivell Guns, Some Shott, one Cask of Powder, Some Cutlasses and
one Bagg of Indigo.--Read and filed Wednesday the 9th of March 1757.
Proclamations Wednesday the 9th, Thursday the 10th and Fryday 11th
March. Sentence Thursday 31st of March.

_185. Deposition of Francisco Raphe. March 31, 1757._[1]

[Footnote 1: The document is endorsed as filed on the same date.]

Province of New York ss.

The Deposition of Francisco Raphe Having been before Sworn and now
Examined on the part and behalf of Richard Haddon Commander of the
private Vessel of War the _Peggy_, Against Ten Doubleloons, five
Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty four Dollars, One Hundred and five
Pisterreens, one Bracelet, Twenty Gold Rings, Some Silver Buckles,
Some Small Silver, Six Swivel Guns, Some Shot, one Cask of Powder,
Some Cuttlasses and one Keg of Indigo.

1. To the first Interrogatory this Deponent saith that his Name is
Francis Rafe, and is twenty Six Years of Age, that he is a Native of
Sierra[2] in Greece and Subject to the Grand Turk, by Ocupation a
Mariner.

[Footnote 2: Presumably the island of Psyra in the Aegean, now called
Psara.]

2. To the second He says, that two Days after the Vessel he was on
board of Sailed out of Cuba they were taken by Capn. Haddon, which was
about December last, that he does not know the Vessels Name of which
he was aboard for she had no Regular Commander, no Dispatches or
Papers of any kind from any Port or Place whatsoever And he believes
that had said Vessel been taken by any Vessel of any Nation she would
have been a lawfull prize, and had she been taken by a Spanish Guarda
Costa, the whole Ships Crew would have been Hanged as Pirates, that
there were on board of all Nations almost, as Genoves, French and
others, In Number Seventy two, and that one of the Chief in Particular
was a Frenchman Subject to the French King. That He knows no further
to Declare in