Of Capt. John Rack am. 155 



* tain Barnet chafed tjhem, Ibme were drinlcing, 



* and others walking the Deck: That there was a 



* great Gun and a fmall Arm fired by the Pyiate 

 ^ Sloop, at Captain Barnefs Sloop, when he chafed 

 ^ her ; and that when Captain Bamet'^s Sloop fired 

 ^ at Racharns Sloop, the Prifoners at the Bar went 

 ' down under Deck, That during the Time Cap- 



* tain Barnet chafed them, fbme of the Prifoners 



* at the Bar (but which of them he could not tellj 

 ^ helped to row the Sloop, in order to ekape from 

 ^ J^arnet : That they all feemed to be coafotted to- 



* gether. 



This was the Subftance of all that was evidenced 

 againftthem, the Prifoners anfwered in their De- 

 fence, ' That they had no Witnefles : That they 



* had bought a Pettiauger in order to go a Turtle- 



* ing ; and being at Negril Pointy and juft got afliore, 

 ^ they law a Sloop with a white Pendant coming 



* towards them, upon which they took their Arms, 

 ^ and hid themfolves in the Buflies : That one of 

 ^ them haif d the Sloop, who anfwer'^d. They were- 



* Englilh Men^ and defired them to come aboard 

 ^ and drink a Bowl of Punch ^ which they at firft 

 ^ refufed, but afterwards with much perfwafion, 

 ^ they went on Board, in the Sloop's Canoe, and 

 ^ left their own Pettiauger at Anchor : That they 

 ' had been but a ftiort Time on Board, when Cap- 

 ^ tain 5^r;7ff's Sloop heaved in Sight: That Raclam 

 ^ ordered them to help to weigh the Sloop's An- 



* chor immediately, which they all refufed: That 



* RaclamvSe^X violent Means to oblige them ^ and 

 ^ that when Captain Barnet came up with them, 

 ^ they all readily and willingly fubmitted. 



When the Prifoners were taken fr6m the Bar, 

 and the Perfons prefont being withdrawn, the 

 Court confidered the Prifoners Cafes, and the Ma- 

 jority of the CommifEoners being of Opinion, 

 that they were all Guilty' of the Pyracy and Fe- 



lory 



