he Isle of Sables,[18] he was met and taken by Phillips the
Pyrate, who demanded and took from him his vessel, being a better
Sailor than that they were in. That he knows both the Prisoners at the
Bar, saw them on board the Pyrate when he was taken, but did not see
them armed, that neither of them went on board vessels when they were
taken. That John Filmore, the day after that this Depont. was taken,
Declared his mind to him and the minds of several others, to rise upon
the Pyrates in order to subdue them and Endeavour their escape. That
Edward Cheesman, upon the rising, threw Nutt the Master of the Pyrate
over board, That John Filmore struck Burrell the Boatswain on the head
with a broad ax, whilst the Depont. and others Dispatcht the Captain
and Gunner.[19]

[Footnote 18: Sable Island, south of Nova Scotia.]

[Footnote 19: John Phillips and James or Joseph Sparks. "Phillips' and
Burrill's heads were brought to Boston in pickle"; Diary of Jeremiah
Bumstead, May 3, 1724, in _N.E. Hist. Gen. Reg._, XV. 201.]

John Masters, late Mate of the Sloop _Content_, Deposed That on or
about the 27th of October last, he was taken out of the sd sloop
_Content_, George Barrow Master, in the Lattitude of Barbado's, by the
Pyrate Phillips, was kept by the Pyrates four Months and then
released, That whilst he was on board they took a ship from London
bound to Virginia, one ---- Huffam Master, That Nutt the Master of the
Pirate, Rose-Archer the Quarter Master,[20] and some others went on
board, and as this Depont. can Remember, John Filmore, one of the
Prisoners at the Bar, was forced to go on board with them, That the
sd. Filmore spoke to this Deponent several times about rising upon the
Pyrates, whilst this Depont. was onboard.

[Footnote 20: John Rose Archer was a seasoned pirate; he had served
under the famous Blackbeard. Johnson, p. 399.]

William Lancy, Fisherman, Deposed That he was taken by the Pyrate
Phillips and kept on board the Pyrate while they took nine Vessels,
that he never saw the Prisoners at the Bar take up arms at any time,
that they always seemed to him to be forced men.

After the Evidences had been severally sworn and Examined, the
Prisoners at the Bar were asked, what they had to Say, who severally
answered, they were forced men, that they never acted Voluntarily, and
that they were principally Concerned in the rising.

Then the Advocate General summ'd up the nature of the Evidences. And
the Prisoners wer