A history of piracy laws, trials, and events focusing on the United States and England.
Admiralty Commissions and Common Law: The Statutes of 1535 and 1536.
This English act establishes jurisdiction for crimes that occur on the water.
Charles I & Charles II v. Parliamentarians in England.
This English act pardons crimes committed before September 3, 1651, in an attempt to promote peace after a civil war, but not piracy.
The English Attack
Trial and Error: Piracy Trials in England and its Colonies, 1696-1723
The Politics of Piracy : Crime and Civil Disobedience in Colonial America.
This English act is the first to address piracy in more remote areas of the world and deals with the jurisdiction and authority to try and sentence pirates.
William Kidd was put on trial upon six federal indictments. Trial was held on the 8th and 9th of May in 1701, and upon full evidence, William was found guilty and executed on May the 23rd.
Protecting Trade by Suppressing Pirates: British Colonial and Metropolitan Responses to Atlantic Piracy, 1716-1726.
This English act reaffirms the previous acts of 1698 and 1536, referencing them several times. It also includes new criminal actions to the umbrella definition of piracy.
This is a Select and Impartial Account of the life, behavior, and dying words of John Gow, alias Smith, Captain of the Pyrates, for Piracy and Murder.
The Colonies v. The Crown
This document grants the United States Congress the power to create courts for trials regarding piracy and other felonies committed on the seas.
A proclamation of made by his Excellency George Clinton, Governor of the State of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all militia, and admiral of the navy of the same.
This United States act deals with the penalties for committing several different crimes, including piracy.
This Act is a short document adding onto " An Act for the Punishment if Certain Crimes Against the United States" from 1790.
This Bill was enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives to prevent U.S. citizens from committing Piracy against nations in which the U.S. is at peace with.
This Act is a republication of the Piracy Act of 1717.
William Jemott was charged with taking 36,000 dollars from John Holford and William Gonue, and 4,000 dollars from Antonio Pedra and Francisco Alvez de Carvalho Vianna.
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