Piracy and Love
Christie Chnstensen, master of the schooner Rover, was charged at the Cooktown Police Court tt*e other day with piracy on the high seas on the 23rd of May. The offence disclosed in the information was feloniouely assaulting George Rothaman and stealing a Martini-Henry-rifle. The accused was committed for trial. The evidence showed that accused went on board Rothman's cutter, seized a rifle from the cabin, fired through the deck into the cabin several times, took hold of Rothaman, fired a revolver close to his head, and compelled him to give the accused his gin (native woman) leaving his own gin on board for Rothaman. Accused left the boat with the gin and the rifle.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 147, 12 July 1888, Page 3
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117Piracy and Love Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 147, 12 July 1888, Page 3
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