_Trial of the Pirates._
A Court of Admiralty, for the trial of Pirates, was held at
Newport on the 10th, 11th and 12th of July. The Hon. William
Dummer, Lt. Governor and Commander in Chief of the Province of
Massachusetts Bay, President of the Court.
The thirty-six Pirates taken by Capt. Solgard, were tried, when
Charles Harris, who acted as captain, and 25 of his men, were
found guilty, and sentenced to suffer death, and 10 men were
acquitted on the ground of having been forced into their service.
_Execution of the Pirates._
On Friday the 19th of July, the 26 Pirates were taken to a place
in Newport, called Bull's Point, (now Gravelly Point,) within the
flux and reflux of the sea, and there hanged. The following are
their names:--Charles Harris, Thomas Linnicar, Daniel Hyde,
Stephen Mundon, Abraham Lacy, Edward Lawson, John Tomkins,
Francis Laughton, John Fisgerald, Wm. Studfield, Owen Rice, Wm.
Read, Wm. Blades, Tho's Hagget, Peter Cues, Wm.
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