AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARRAIGNMENTS AND TRYALS OF COL. RICHARD KIRKBY, CAPT. JOHN CONSTABLE.FOR COWARDICE, NEGLECT OF DUTY, BREACH OF ORDERS, AND OTHER CRIMES, COMMITTED BY THEM IN A FIGHT AT SEA, COMMENCED THE 19th OF AUGUST, 1702, OFF OF ST. MARTHA.BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE JOHN BENBOW, ESQ; AND ADMIRAL DU CASSE WITH FOUR FRENCH SHIPS OF WAR.

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Published by London: Printed for John Gellibrand; and are to be sold by A. Baldwin, 1703.

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Kirkby and the other naval officers were court-martialed at Port Royal in Jamaica for their disgraceful behavior in Benbow's encounter with the French in August 1702. The whole action is detailed, especially regarding the officers who refused to fight, deserted the line of battle, etc. A well-known mutiny, cited as a precedent in other British naval cases. SABIN 37982. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 703/84. CUNDALL 94. JCB (1)III:29. DNB XI, pp.207-8. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Corners worn, spine scuffed along the joints. Tanned and foxed. Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARRAIGNMENTS AND TRYALS OF COL. RICHARD KIRKBY, CAPT. JOHN CONSTABLE.FOR COWARDICE, NEGLECT OF DUTY, BREACH OF ORDERS, AND OTHER CRIMES, COMMITTED BY THEM IN A FIGHT AT SEA, COMMENCED THE 19th OF AUGUST, 1702, OFF OF ST. MARTHA.BETWEEN THE HONOURABLE JOHN BENBOW, ESQ; AND ADMIRAL DU CASSE WITH FOUR FRENCH SHIPS OF WAR.
• Publisher: London: Printed for John Gellibrand; and are to be sold by A. Baldwin, 1703.