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.
| Author/creator | Kirkby, Richard defendant. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for John Gellibrand, 1703. |
| Description | 10 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Constable, John, Captain defendant. |
| Other author/creator | Wade, Cooper, d. 1703, defendant. |
| Other author/creator | Vincent, Samuel, Captain defendant. |
| Other author/creator | Fogg, Christopher, defendant. |
| Caption title | Account of the tryals |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Sabin no. 37982. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG04-B668 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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