Calico Jack's Charges
1721

Very good document to personalize if you have a group with many members such as an Athletic team, Board of Directors, Scout troop or Club.


Where the crew is listed on the document you can substitute
many names.

Charges of Piracy Against
(1. Pirate Captain Name) Calico Jack and his Crew

The Prisoners that are charged are as follows:

The Captain of the pirate ship is (1. Pirate Captain Name) John Rackman alias (2. Pirate Captain's Alias) "Calico Jack."

The crew of the same pirate ship are (3. Pirate Crew)

The four charges against the prisioners are as follows:

1. That they "did piratically, feloniously, and in an hostile manner, attack, engage, and take, seven certain fishing boats" and that they assulted the fisherman and stole their fishing boats" and that they assulted the fisherman and stole their fish and fishing tackle.

2. That they did "upon the high seas, in a certain place, distance about three leagues from the island of Hispaniola...set upon, shoot at, and take, two certain merchant sloops," and did assault James Dobbin and other mariners.

3. That on the high sea about five leagues from Port Maria Bay in the island of Jamaica they did shoot at and take a schooner commanded by Thomas Spenlow and put Spenlow and other mariners "in corporeal fear of their lives."

4. That about one league from Dry Harbour Bay, Jamaica, they did board and enter a merchant sloop called Mary, commanded by Thomas Dillon, and did steal and carry away the sloop and her tackle.

(4. Additional charge [optional])                                                                                                      

November 16, 1721
                                                                                                        Spainish Town, Jamaica