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Pirate
Treasure 1611
Therefore
we, (1. First Judge Name) Daniel Dun and
(2. Second Judge Name) Richard Trevor pronounce,
decree, and declare, that the said
(3.Treasure Owner Name)
Oliver
Piquet and his company, in the month of May, 1609, were owners,
proprietors, and possessors of 8000 golden crowns of Spanish money and
bullion, and a ring of gold set with a precious stone called a diamond.
And that in the port of Lisbon they shipped the said 8000
crowns and ring of gold in a French shippe called the
(4. Treasure Ship) Margarete
of Morbain, with intent to have them carried from there to the
port of Vannes in France ; And that one
(5. Pirate
Name)
James Harris, a notorious and
well-known pirate, with his accomplices, in a piratical shippe, fell in
with the French shippe on her passage from Lisbon to Vannes and attacked
her, and piratically and with force captured her, and brought her into
their own power.
And taking out of her the said 8000 crowns and ring of gold,
took them into their own piratical shippe, and spoiled the said
Oliver
Piquet and his associates of the same, and afterwards carried them
to Baltimore, a place on the coast of Ireland, whither they sailed.
And that the aforsaid
James Harris and
his accomplices, all and singular, who were parties to the spoil, as soon
as they entered the port of Baltimore, and before they had come ashore,
being on board their pirate shippe, were together with all the said things
and sums of money, captured by the aforesaid
(6. King's
Captain Name) Sir William St. John, the captain
and commander of the King’s shippe call the
(7. King's Ship Name)
Advantage.
And that the said
William St. John, in
the port of Baltimore, and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of
England, took into and has in his possession and custody the said pirate
shippe, and all the things and sums of money brought to Baltimore, and
also the said pirates, before they landed, and by his own confession,
disposed of the ring and money at his will.
Therefore, we further pronounce, decree, and declare, that
the aforsaid Sir William St. John, Knight, ought to
be obliged and compelled to restore, hand, and deliver to the aforesaid Oliver
Piquet and his associates the sum of £163 of Spanish money and
£105 in gold so captured and spoiled as aforesaid, if it is in existence,
and if not, its true value, which we assess at the sum of £268 of lawful
English money.
And by this our definitive sentence him, Sir
William St. John, Knight, in the said sum of £268 and in costs.
Daniel Dun.
Richard Trevor.
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