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Foreign News
September 20, 1825
Phenix Gazette
Alexandria, Virginia
What is this article about?
Report from Jamaica papers: Captain John Bedwell of Colombian schooner Isabella tried and acquitted of piracy against British sloop Greyhound en route from Cuba to Montego Bay; no acts committed per evidence. (148 characters)
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JAMAICA.
By the brig Catherine, Capt. Trask, at this port yesterday from Kingston, we have received from our correspondent there a file of the Jamaica Courant from the 1st to the 13th August inclusive. It furnishes no intelligence of moment. On the 8th ult. captain John Bedwell of the Colombian schooner Isabella, was tried for acts of piracy alleged to have been committed on board the British sloop Greyhound, on her passage from Manzanilla, in Cuba, to Montego Bay. It appears that two days after the sailing of the Greyhound, she was fallen in with by the Isabella, but it seems from the evidence to the jury that no piratical acts were perpetrated, and he was accordingly acquitted.
By the brig Catherine, Capt. Trask, at this port yesterday from Kingston, we have received from our correspondent there a file of the Jamaica Courant from the 1st to the 13th August inclusive. It furnishes no intelligence of moment. On the 8th ult. captain John Bedwell of the Colombian schooner Isabella, was tried for acts of piracy alleged to have been committed on board the British sloop Greyhound, on her passage from Manzanilla, in Cuba, to Montego Bay. It appears that two days after the sailing of the Greyhound, she was fallen in with by the Isabella, but it seems from the evidence to the jury that no piratical acts were perpetrated, and he was accordingly acquitted.
What sub-type of article is it?
Piracy Or Privateering
What keywords are associated?
Piracy Trial
Jamaica
Colombian Schooner Isabella
British Sloop Greyhound
Acquittal
What entities or persons were involved?
Captain John Bedwell
Where did it happen?
Jamaica
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Jamaica
Event Date
8th Ult.
Key Persons
Captain John Bedwell
Outcome
acquitted; no piratical acts perpetrated
Event Details
Captain John Bedwell of the Colombian schooner Isabella was tried for acts of piracy alleged to have been committed on board the British sloop Greyhound on her passage from Manzanilla, Cuba, to Montego Bay. Two days after the Greyhound's sailing, she was fallen in with by the Isabella, but evidence showed no piratical acts were committed.