An account of the arraignments and tryals of Col. Richard Kirkby, Capt. John Constable, Capt. Cooper Wade, Capt. Samuel Vincent, and Capt. Christopher Fogg, on A Complaint exhibited by the Judge-Advocate on behalf of Her Majesty, at a court-martial held on board the ship Breda in Port-Royal Harbour in Jamaica in America, the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 12th Days of October, 1702. For Cowardice, Neglect of Duty, Breach of Orders, and Other Crimes, Committed by them in a Fight at Sea, commenced the 19th of August, 1702. off of St. Martha, in the Latitude of Ten Degrees North, near the Main-Land of America, Between the Honourable John Benbow Esq;, and Admiral Du Casse with Four French Ships of War. For which, Col. Kirkby and Capt. Wade were Sentenc'd to be Shot to Death. Transmitted from two eminent merchants at Port-Royal in Jamaica, to a person of quality in the City of London.

Date:

1703