high Seas and
within the jurisdiction of this Court about ten Leagues to the
Southward of the Island of Pines, on or about the sixth day of
December which was in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred
and fifty six, he the said Philip was attacked and set upon in his
said Schooner by one Richard Haddon, Commander of a Schooner called
the _Peggy_ being a private Vessel of War from this Port of New York;
That he the said Richard Haddon having fired a Gun against the said
Spanish Schooner and brought her to, sent the Boat of the said
Privateer on Board the said Spanish Schooner, manned and armed,
together with one officer of him the said Richard Haddon which the
said Philip took to be his first Lieutenant, and others of the Crew of
the said Privateer _Peggy_, who searched into and Examined the sd
Spanish Vessel where they found all the money and Goods aforesaid,
all which by the said Officer and Crew were taken out of the said
Spanish Schooner and carried on Board the said Privateer the _Peggy_,
commanded by the said Richard Haddon; That he the said Philip Y Banes
was then and there in a forcible manner taken out of the said Spanish
Schooner by the said Lieutenant and Crew of the said Privateer the
_Peggy_ or some of them and carried on Board the said Privateer, where
the said Philip Y: Banes was searched from Head to Foot by the said
Richard Haddon, the said Lieutenant or officer and others of the Crew
belonging to the said Privateer by the Orders of the said Richard
Haddon, and he the said Philip was then and there unlawfully stripped
by the said Richard Haddon and others of his Crew of the Value of Two
Hundred and twelve Dollars in Gold which he the sd. Philip had
concealed in his Breeches; That he the said Philip did then and there
shew to him the said Richard Haddon his Passport and other papers and
Documents evincing Spanish Property in his said Schooner and Cargo,
and the Intent of his present voyage, and did insist and declare to
him the said Richard Haddon that his sd. Vessel and all the Money,
Goods and Effects that he had on Board wch. had been so seized and
taken as aforesaid were the Property of himself and others the
subjects of his said Catholick Majesty and did belong to no other
Person or Persons whosoever, and did request and intreat him the said
Richard Haddon to restore to him the said Philip the said Money, Goods
and Effects, or to bring him into this port of New York that he might
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