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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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In Philadelphia, the officers and crew of the Argentine privateer 'Valiente Guaiacuru', captured from Martinique aboard the French corvette Egeria on piracy charges, were examined in U.S. Circuit Court. All except the captain were discharged due to lack of evidence; the captain was remanded for October trial, and three men retained as witnesses.
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Yesterday the officers and crew of the Argentine privateer "Valiente Guaiacuru" sent to this port from Martinique in the French corvette Egeria, on a charge of piracy, were brought up before the Circuit Court of the United States by writ of habeas corpus. After an examination of the witnesses, and hearing of counsel, the court discharged all the officers and seamen, except the captain, on the ground of a want of evidence to justify the charge of piracy against them. The captain was remanded to prison for trial at the next term in October, and three of the men retained as witnesses. Charles J. Ingersoll, esq. district attorney, was the prosecuting counsel in the case; and J. Swift, John M. Scott, and W. Delaney, esqs. counsel for the accused.--Franklin Gaz.
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Philadelphia
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Yesterday, May 18
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all officers and seamen discharged except the captain, who was remanded to prison for trial in october; three men retained as witnesses.
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Officers and crew of the Argentine privateer "Valiente Guaiacuru", sent from Martinique in the French corvette Egeria on piracy charges, brought before U.S. Circuit Court by habeas corpus; examined witnesses and heard counsel; discharged most due to lack of evidence.