The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE SESSIONS OF THE High Court of Admiralty, ON THE King's Commission of OYER and TERMINER, FOR. Trying Offences committed on the High Seas within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty. HELD AT JUSTICE-HALL in the OLD-BAILEY, On TUESDAY the 18th of FEBRUARY, 1752,

BEFORE THE Right Worshipful Sir   Thomas Salusbury , Knt. L.L.D.

JUDGE of the HIGH-COURT of ADMIRALTY; The Hon. Mr. Justice Gundrey; the Hon. Mr.   Baron Smythe ; and Others named in the Commission.

LONDON:

Printed, and sold by M. COOPER, at the Globe in Pater-noster Row. 1752.

[Price Six-Pence.]

THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE

SESSIONS of Oyer and Terminer and Goal-Delivery, for the Admiralty of ENGLAND, &c.

BEFORE the Right Worshipful Sir   THOMAS SALUSBURY , Doctor of Laws, Knt. the Hon. Mr. Justice GUNDREY, the Hon. Mr.   Baron SMYTHE , and others of his Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer and Goal Delivery for the Admiralty aforesaid.

The court being sat, proclamation was made for silence, and his Majesty's commission for holding the said sessions was read: then the names of the persons summoned to appear on the Grand Jury being called over, the following gentlemen were sworn:

  Edward Withers Winnell , Foreman,

  Thomas Farmer ,

  William Barbara ,

  John Newton ,

  Alexander Sidney ,

  John Harris ,

  Frederick Bull ,

  John Davenport ,

  Stracey Till ,

  John Hopley ,

  George Clarke ,

  Joseph Clare ,

  William Bonham ,

  Samuel Stone ,

  Andrew Ward ,

  Richard Pepys ,

  Peter Dutton ,

  Samuel Tough ,

  Nathaniel Bentley ,

  William Golding ,

  William Wright .

To whom the Judge gave an excellent and learned charge; after which they retired for a little while, and returning into court with a true bill against Captain   James Lowrey , a true bill against   William Carey , a true bill against Lieutenant   John How , and a true bill against   William Ballard .

The names of the Petty Jury first sworn;

  Edgute Sandwell ,

  Samuel Gillham ,

  Thomas Comyn ,

  Edward Pink ,

  Samuel Birch ,

  William Robinson ,

  Richard Fogden ,

  Joseph Kilpin ,

  Leonard Peade ,

  John Payne ,

  Joseph Sparrow ,

  Thomas Funge .