[3] See [doc. no. 153].
[4] Daughter of Wilks; see [note 5], post.
[5] "Francis Wilks, esq., a director in the South Sea Company, died July 5." Gentleman's Magazine, XII. 387. He had been agent in London for the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1728, and for Connecticut since 1730. Hutchinson, Mass. Bay, II. 353, describes him as a "merchant in London who ... was universally esteemed for his great probity as well as his humane obliging disposition".
[6] Impressment of seamen.
[7] Zachariah Bourryau, merchant, of Southampton Row, London, and Blighborough manor, Lincolnshire. He was of a French family settled in St. Christopher, W.I. He died in 1752, leaving an estate of about £40,000. Caribbeana, III. 251-252.
155. Decree of Vice-Admiralty Judge. July 7, 1742.[1]
| Colony of Rhode Island, etc. Curia Admiralitatis |  |
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James Allen, etc. proponents against the Schooner St. Joseph de las Animas for Gunns, Ammunition, One Slave and Cargo etc. |
Having maturely considered the Evidence in this Case as well as the examination of Francisco Perdomo Capt. of the Spanish Privateer who being duly notified of the Trial and here in Court and being asked what he had to offer why sentence of Condemnation should not be passed against the said Schooner, her Gunns, Ammunition, Rigging, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, etc. To which he Answered he had taken several prizes and had had them condemned and his Vessel, etc., according to the Laws of Nations and Rules of War was a good prize and therefore he had nothing to gainsay the Condemnation.
I therefore adjudge and Decree the said Schooner and her Gunns, Cables, Anchors, Rigging, Sails, Tackle, Apparel, with the Slave and her Cargo, etc. mentioned in the Libel, to be Condemned as good and lawful Prize to and for the Use of the Captors and Owners of the said Sloop Revenge to be divided according to the Articles made between them.