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The Information of
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Hawke Lugger
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before me this
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7th day of July 1786
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Who being upon Oath Saith that on Tuesday the 4th. of April last
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being on board the Hawke Lugger
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Nenian Douglas
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Commander
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off the Lizzard in Company with the Lack, Revenue
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Lugger
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they discovered the Happy-Go-Lucky a Lugger lying under
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Mullion Island
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and immediatly hoisted their Revenue
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Colours, and gave Chace, when the said Happy Go Lucky
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cut her Cables and made off towards the
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that about seven o'Clock in the morning they came up
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with her and hailed her in order to bring he to which
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she paid no regard to, on which two Marquetts were
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fired at her from the Hawke which she look us
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Notice of, but contained crowding all the Sail she could
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is order to make her escapethat in a few Minutes
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after the Hawke came up along side, and immediatly
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the Happy Go Lucky fired a Broad side into the
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Hawke and gave three CheersUpon which an Action
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began and continued for near an hour with great Warmth
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on both sides, till the Lack Revenue Lugger came up
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and run between the Hawke, and the Happy go Lucky, and
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fired abroad side, on which she struckAnd this Informant
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further saith that they then boarded the said Struggler and
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found the Captain and one of the Men killed, and about eleven
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woundedthat they then put the Men in Irons & conducted
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them to
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where they were given in Charge to the
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Collector and Comptroller of that Port And this Informant
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further saith that he well knows a person now present who
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calls himself
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John Martin
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who was at that time on board
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