A.D.1J21. Anno odlavo Georgii Regis. C. 24. 411 ' III And whereas there are fomc Defects in the Laws for bringing Perfons, who are Acceffaries to
- Piracy and Robbery upon the Seas, to condign Punifhment, if the Principal who committed fuch Pi-
' racy and Robbery, is not or cannot be apprehended and brought to Juftice ;' Be it therefore enacted by Perfoni declared the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Pcrfon and Perfons whatfoevcr, who by the faid Statute made Acceflariei to & in the eleventh and twelfth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, are declared to be Accef- ^"^ J.'* 7 . fary or Acceffaries to any Piracy or Robbery therein mentioned, are hereby declared, and (hall be deemed (hail be deemed and tak.cn to be principal Pirates, Felons and Robbers, and fhall and may, from and after the faid twen- Principals, and ty-fifth Day of March one ihoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, be inquired of, heard, determined afterMarch zj, and adjudged, in the fame Manner as Perfons guilty of Piracy and Robbery may and ought to be in- l 7 V" "j"™ " quired of, tried, heard, determined and adjudged by the faid Statute made in the eleventh and twelfth Years of his late Majefty King William, and being thereupon attainted and convicled, fhall fuffer l'uch Pains of Death, Lofs of Lands, Goods and Chattels, and in like Manner as Pirates and Robbers ought by the faid Act to fuffer. IV. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That all and every Offender or Offenders Offenders con- convicled of any Piracy, Felony or Robbery by Virtue of this Ad, fhall not be admitted to have the Be- v '^ ed on *» r.. r /■'! u - u .... 1 1 1 1 r 1 r 1 /- Achexcluded the, ncht ot Clergy, but be utterly excluded of and from the fame. ^ BcneSc of Clergy. V. And to the End that a further Encouragement may be given to all Seamen and Mariners to fight Seamen m ^- imcA ' and defend their Ships from Pirates, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any Seaman j n j.;^ ag ainft or Mariner on board any Merchant Ship or VelTel, or any other Ship or Veffel, fhall be maimed in Fight Pirates, dull rc- againft any Pirate, every fuch Seaman and Mariner, upon due Proof of his being maimed in i'uch Fight, «ive the P.e- fhall not only have and receive the Rewards already appointed by a Statute made in the twenty-fecond wardsinaz & and twenty-third Years of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled, An Art to prevent the deli- A be admitted vering up of Merchant-Ships, and for the Increafe of good and ferviceable Seamen, but fhall alfo be admitted i„i Grc.-nwkli into and provided for in Greenwich Hofpital, preferable to any other Seaman or Mariner who is difabled Hofpital. from Service or getting a Livelihood merely by his Age. _ • VI. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any Commander, Matter, or Makers or Sea- other Officer, or any Seaman or Mariner of any Merchant-Ship or Veffel which carries Guns and Arms, " cn ( h?m(elves " fhall not when they are attacked by any Pirate, or by any Ship or Veffel on which any fuch Pirate is on ^. a ^ p, ra , C s, board, fight and endeavour to defend themfelves, and their faid Ship or Veffel from being taken by the or who (hall utter faid Pirate, or fhall utter any Words to difcourage the other Mariners from defending the Ship, and by any difcoutag'mg Reafon thereof the faid Ship or Veffel fhall fall into the Hands of fuch Pirate ; then and in every fuch ^ ' ds .> 'J" 11 ' lf Cafe every fuch Commander or Mafter, or other Officer, and every Seaman or Mariner, who fhall not ™' n f^^'^ir fight and endeavour to defend and fave the faid Ship or Veffel, or who fhall utter any fuch Words as afore- Wa g es t0 the faid, fhall lofe and forfeit all and every Part of the Wages due to him and them reflectively, to the ownets, andfuf. Owner and Owners of the faid Ship or Veffel, and fhall not be permitted to fue for or recover the fame, fer fix Months or any Part thereof, in any Court either of Law or Equity, and as a farther Punifhment fhall fuffer fix imprifonment. Months lmprifonment. or Veffel s, paying Wages to the Seamen or Mariners when abroad:' Be it enacted by the Authority while beyondSea, aforefaid, That no Mafter or Owner of any Merchant-Ship or Veffel fhall pay or advance, or caufe to be on Forfeiture of paid or advanced to any Seaman or Mariner, during the Time he fhall be in Parts beyond the Seas, any double the Sum Money or Effects upon Account of Wages, exceeding one Moiety of the Wages which fhall be due at advanced, to ,be the Time of fuch Payment, until fuch Ship or Veffel fhall return to Great Britain or Ireland, or the Plan- Admirakv'by'the tations, or to fome other of his Majefty's Dominions whereto they belong, and from whence they were i n f or mer.' firft fitted out ; and if any fuch Mafter or Owner of fuch Merchant-Ship or Veffel fhall pay or ad- vance, or caufe to be paid or advanced, any Wages to any Seaman or Mariner above the faid Concerning Sea- • Moiety, fuch Mafter or Owner fhall forfeit and pay double the Money he fhall fo pay or ad- "q'JX St. i. vance, to be recovered in the High Court of Admiralty, by any Perfon who fhall firft difcover and inform c . 9 & 14..' ' of the fame. , 2 Geo. 2. c. 7 £? 36. 6 Geo 2. r. 25. 8 Geo. 2. c. 29. II Geo. 2, e. 30. 13 Geo. 2. c.~ 3, 4 &? 17. 14 Geo. 2. c. 38. 17 Geo. 2. c. 34.. iS Geo. 2. c. 31. 20 Geo. 2. c. 38. 22 Geo. 2. c. 52. 24 Geo. 2. c. 47. 31 Geo. 2. c. 10. " VIII. And whereas great Interruptions and Inconveniencies may attend his Majefty's -Service by the Commander of ' Captains or Commanders, or other Officers of his Majefty's Ships or Veffels of War, their receiving a M an of War, ' on board fuch Ships or Veffels Goods and Merchandizes, and trading therewith contrary to Inftructions, ™ ho afterS j, p Vi
- which ftrictly forbid their doing the fame :' To prevent therefore the faid Interruptions and Inconve- ^ e jeWGofids
niencies for the future, Be it enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That in cafe any Captain, Commander, on Board, except or other Officer of any of his Majefty's Ships or Veffels of War, whether fuch Ship or Veffel fhall be em- Geld, Silver, &c. ployed at Home or Abroad, fhall from and after the twenty-ninth Day of September in the Year of our ""U forfeit his Lord one thoufand feven hundred and twenty-two, receive on board, or permit to be received on board, Comma nd, be m- fuch Ship or Veffel of War, any Goods or Merchandizes whatfoever, in order to trade or merchandize "feh^Wa 3 "? with the fame either upon his own or any other Perfons Account, except Gold, Silver or Jewels, and < s much ot this except the Goods or Merchandizes belonging to any Merchant-Ship or Veffel which may be fbipwrecked, ciaufe, asdireas th" Punilhment to be inflifled by a Court Martial on any Captain or other Officer, is repealed by 22 Geo. 2. c. 33.' G g g 2 or
