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the 18th of September, when the prisoners 
were brought in. The court having agreed, 
that the charges of running away with the 
ship, and deserting his Majesty's service, had 
been proved against six of the prisoners, 
they found Heywood, Morrison, Ellison, 
Burkitt, Millward, and Musprat, guilty ; 
and adjudged them to suffer death by being 
hanged by the neck on board one of his 
Majesty's ships of war. The court acquitted 
the four last-mentioned prisoners, Norman, 
Coleman, M'Intosh, and Byrne ; and recom- 
mended Peter Heywood, and James Morri- 
son, to his Majesty's mercy. 
Two days afterwards, the youthful convict 
wrote the following letter to the Rev. Dr. 
Scott, of the Isle of Man, who was a friend 
of the Heywood family : 
Mr. Peter Heywood to Dr. Scott. 
" HECTOR, Sept. 20, 1792. 
" HONOURED AND DEAR SIR, On Wed- 
nesday, the 12th, the awful trial commenced, 
and on that day, when in court, I had 
the pleasure of receiving your most kind 
