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The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Annapolis, Maryland, about 20 court cases were decided at the Assize Court this week, where seamen successfully sued the master of a Guinea ship for ill-usage and unpaid wages, recovering damages, wages, and costs totaling many guineas after appeals from county to provincial court.
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Some very remarkable Causes, about 20, have been determined this Week at our Assize Court--The Actions were brought by some Seamen, against the Master of a Guinea Ship, for ill-usage, and Wages; and the Sailors got much the Weather gage of their Captain, and lay so far to windward of him, that they run him down, by Recovering very considerable Damages, their Wages, and Costs of Suit, which amount to many Guineas, the Actions being first brought in the County Court, from thence removed to the Provincial, and from thence to the Assizes.
[This was A Guinea VOYAGE indeed.]
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Annapolis, In Maryland
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This Week, Reported Sept. 11
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sailors recovered very considerable damages, their wages, and costs of suit, amounting to many guineas
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About 20 actions brought by seamen against the master of a Guinea ship for ill-usage and wages, determined at Assize Court after removal from County Court to Provincial Court