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An account of the arraignments and tryals of Col. Richard Kirkby, Capt. John Constable, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt. Samuel Vincent, and Capt. Christopher Fogg : for cowardice, neglect of duty, breach of orders, and other crimes committed by them in a fight at sea, commenced the 19th of August, 1702, off of St. Martha in the latitude of ten degrees north, near the main-land of America, between the Honourable John Benbow, Esq., and Admiral Du Casse with four French ships of war : for which Col. Kirkby and Capt. Wade were sentenc'd to be shot to death / on a complaint exhibited by the Judge-Advocate on behalf of Her Majesty at a court-martial held on board the ship Breda in Port-Royal Harbour in Jamaica, in America, the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th days of October, 1702 ; transmitted from two eminent merchants at Port-Royal in Jamaica to a person of quality in the City of London.

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 Available online

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Author/Creator:
Kirkby, Richard, d. 1703, defendant.
Contributor:
Constable, John, Captain, defendant.
Wade, Cooper, d. 1703, defendant.
Vincent, Samuel, Captain, defendant.
Fogg, Christopher, defendant.
Series:
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Trials (Military offenses)--Jamaica--Port Royal--Early works to 1800.
Trials (Military offenses).
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--Jamaica--Port Royal--Early works to 1800.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial (Kirkby : 1702)--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial (Constable : 1702)--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial (Wade : 1702)--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial (Vincent : 1702)--Early works to 1800.
Great Britain. Royal Navy. Court-martial (Fogg : 1702)--Early works to 1800.
Kirkby, Richard, d. 1703--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.
Kirkby, Richard.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (10 p.)
Other Title:
Account of the arraignments and tryals of Col. Richard Kirkby, Capt. John Constable, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt. Samuel Vincent, and Capt. Christopher Fogg
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for John Gellibrand, 1703.
Notes:
Sabin no. 37982.
Cited in:
RLIN, CTRG04-B668
OCLC:
85801139

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