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"having their Throats cut, as others had been ferv'd be-
fore their Faces ; and that in pa*:icular, he was not
prefent at, or concern'd in any of the Murders for
which the reft were indidled, upon which Evidence he
was acquitted by the Jury.
Alfo he brought one Archihald Sutor, the Man of the
Houfe, faid above to be a Farm Houfe, whether the
faid Read made his Efcape in the Orkneys, who teftified
that he did fo efcape to him, and that he begg'd him
to procure him a Horfe to ride off to KirkvjaU, which
he did, and that there he furrend'red himfelf : Alfo he
teftified, that Read gave Sutor a full Account of the
Ship, and of the Pyrates that were in her, and what
they were, and Sutor difcover'd it all to the CoUeftor of
the Cuftoms, by which means the Country was alarm'd ;
and he added, that it was by this Man's means that all
the Prifoners were apprehended, (tho' that was a little
too much too) for 'tis plain, it was by the Vigilance and
Courage of Mr. Fea chiefly, they were reduc'd to fuch
Diftrefles as oblig'd them to furrender.
However it was true that Read's Efcape did alarm
the Country, and that he merited very well of the Pub-
lick, for the timely Difcovery he made; fo he came
off clear, as indeed it was but juft, for he was only
forc'd to ferve them, (as above) but as Dobfon teftified
for him, he had often expreffcd his Uneafinefs, as being
oblig'd to aft with them, and that he wifti'd he cou'd
get away, and that he was fmcers in thofe Wiihes, as
appear'd in that he took the firft Opportunity he could
get to put it in Praftice.
N. B. This Dobfon was one of the ten Men who ran
away with the Pyrates Long-Boat from the Orkneys,
and who were afterwards made Prifoners in the Firth
of Leigh, and carry'd up to Edinburgh.
Go'w was now a Prilbner among the reft in the Mar-
Jhalfea; his Behaviour there was fuUen and referv'd,
rather than penitent: It had been hinted to him by Mr.
Fea, as others, that he ftiould endeavour by his Beha-
viour, to make himfelf an Evidence againft the others,
and