 | Peter Burke - 1866 - 420 pages
...unless the will make it so. Now a servant, it is true, if he go voluntarily, and have 'his proposition, he must be accounted a pirate, for then he acts upon...accounted to their masters for their shares afterwards, yea or no, as they pretend, but make no proof of it, I must leave that to you; and therefore there... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1891 - 454 pages
...for, in this case, the bare act will not make a man guilty, unless the will make it so. Now a servant, it is true, if he go voluntarily and have his proportion,...consideration of the jury, they found them " Not Guilty." Kid was tried upon an indictment of murder also — viz., for killing Moor, the gunner — and found... | |
 | Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin - 1891 - 428 pages
...for, in this case, the bare act will not make a man guilty, unless the will make it so. Now a servant, it is true, if he go voluntarily and have his proportion,...whether they accounted to their masters for their si nxrcs afterwards is the matter in question, and what distinguishes thorn as free agents or men,... | |
 | Charles Johnson - 2002 - 664 pages
...must be accounted a Pirate, for then he acts upon his own account, and not by compulsion, and those persons, according to the evidence, received their...consideration of the Jury, they found them Not Guilty. Kid was tried upon an indictment of murder also, viz : for killing Moor, the gunner, and found guilty... | |
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A pirate is not to be understood to be under constraint, but a free agent ; for, in this case, the bare act will not make a man guilty, unless the will make it so. Now a servant, it is true, if he go voluntarily and have his proportion, he must be accounted... 