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 < no role > , Knt. L.L.D.

JUDGE of the HIGH-COURT of ADMIRALTY; The Hon. Mr. Justice Gundrey; the Hon. Mr. Baron Smythe < no role > ; 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 proceedingsjustice , Doctor of Laws, Knt. the Hon. Mr. Justice GUNDREY, the Hon. Mr. Baron SMYTHE proceedingsjustice , 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 proceedingsjury , Foreman,

Thomas Farmer proceedingsjury ,

William Barbara proceedingsjury ,

John Newton proceedingsjury ,

Alexander Sidney proceedingsjury ,

John Harris proceedingsjury ,

Frederick Bull proceedingsjury ,

John Davenport proceedingsjury ,

Stracey Till proceedingsjury ,

John Hopley proceedingsjury ,

George Clarke proceedingsjury ,

Joseph Clare proceedingsjury ,

William Bonham proceedingsjury ,

Samuel Stone proceedingsjury ,

Andrew Ward proceedingsjury ,

Richard Pepys proceedingsjury ,

Peter Dutton proceedingsjury ,

Samuel Tough proceedingsjury ,

Nathaniel Bentley proceedingsjury This name instance is in set 3493. ,

William Golding proceedingsjury ,

William Wright proceedingsjury .

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 < no role > , a true bill against William Carey < no role > , a true bill against Lieutenant John How < no role > , and a true bill against William Ballard < no role > .

The names of the Petty Jury first sworn;

Edgute Sandwell proceedingsjury ,

Samuel Gillham proceedingsjury ,

Thomas Comyn proceedingsjury ,

Edward Pink proceedingsjury ,

Samuel Birch proceedingsjury ,

William Robinson proceedingsjury ,

Richard Fogden proceedingsjury ,

Joseph Kilpin proceedingsjury ,

Leonard Peade proceedingsjury ,

John Payne proceedingsjury ,

Joseph Sparrow proceedingsjury ,

Thomas Funge proceedingsjury .