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A Full, Authentic, and Particular Account of the Exe¬
cution of PETER HE AM AN, and FRANCOIS
GAXJTIEZ, who were Hanged, within Flood-mark,
at Leith, on Wednesday the 9th January, 1822, /or
the Piratical seizure of the Schooner Jane of Gib¬
raltar, on her voyage to the Brazils, and for the Bar¬
barous Murder of Thomas Johnston, rriasten, and
James Paterson, seaman, whose Bodies tvere after¬
wards delivered at Edinburgh to be Dissected, to*
gether with their Behaviour from the Jail to, and
aty the Place of Execution.
SHESE unfortunate men, PETER HjEAMAN and FKANCOIS
GAUTIEZ or GAUTIER, ^ho suJiered the last penalty of
our law this day, were tried, at Edinburgh, before the High Court
of Admiralty of Scotland, on Monday the 26th of November last,
for the Piratical and, unlawful seizure of the Schooner Jane of Gib¬
raltar, in the mdnth of Jiine last, when on her voyage from that
place to the Brazils, with a valuable cargo, including specie to the
amdunt of S8,180 Spanish Dollars ; for. most barbarously and
cruelly, murdering Thomas Johnstqn, the. Master, and James Pater-*
son, a Seaman belonging to that Schooner f and, likewise, for Odn-
finihg Peter Smith ^nd Robert Strachan, seamen, in the forecastle,
where, by attempting to suRocata them by. smdke^ the murderers,
succeeded irf terrifyiii^the said Smith .and' Stfacban to assist them
in seizing the vessel/which they, afterwards sunk off the coast of
Ross-shire, landed the specie bn the Isle of Levvis in that county,
arid were soon afterwards made prisoners, arid sent^ to Leith, by Mr
hlTvo-r, Surveyor of Customs at Stomaway/on the informatioB of
Andrew Carrielier, Maltese boy belonging to the said .Scfiohner.
Their trial attracted't}ie most intense interest of a crowded Cnurt,
and Tasted till ne^r seven o’clock on Tuesday morning.-^They.pled -
Not Quilty; and'attempted to exculpate themselves on the allega¬
tions, that it was the Captain who shot Paterson, and that this was
the only shot that was fired-/ •“Thar they all stmck at the Captain
together, and bould not say who, it was that killed him : An<I, that
they could not say who it was that proposed to ccmceal the Dollars,
but-they all assisted In doing so. They were cobdeixtned, notwkhT
Standing of these alltegatirins, which were not lsu|‘ported by riiiy
evidence/ on the clearest testiinony, and sentenced tb be - execut'd.
Within FloodCmark, rarLeith,, on W^cfnesday the Sun January 1S22,
and their Bodies to be delivered to th^ Prptessor of Anatomy in the
University bf Edinburgh for Dissection. Boon after their coii-
demriation, however, both these rinhappy. men ac|dH5wIedgbd ^ the
justice Of their senfierice, confessiilg that they alone devkcd and caiv
ried in to •execution the murder of Captain Johnston and the helm w
man Paterson, f '
Gautiez, who .was cook on board the schooner, was a Tie rich man,
a broad thick stout man/.apparently about 2B years of age, and of
the Roman /Cathcilri religion. Heaman was mate, and was a thin
Swarthy man,, about; ^5 years of-age, a native of Shields, and of the
Church of England persuasion* , He married a Frenchwoman when
a prisoner of war in that country, who, on the ypeace^ canie home
with him, , and who had four children, to him. She has % gc?ad
moral character, and was in Edinburgh at the tkBp of the trial,
with her children, in great distress, where a small sum was collect¬
ed for her, among several respectable individuals, including three
guineas from the jury, to enable her to proceed home. I hey were
both very penitent, and paid unremitting attention to the religious
instructions given them From time to time, by the Clergymen and
Others, who regularly visited, them in Jail. * •
Accordingly, on Wednesday the 9th January, 1822, soon after
nine o'clock in the morning, a hurdle was drawn up opposite the
main door of the Jail, into which the unfortunate men were placed,
with their backs to the horse’s tail, and facing the executioner, who
sat opposite, to them, holding the end of a rope, with whiclr they
were bound, in his hands. In this manner the cart m6ved slowly
down to Leith, accompanied by the Sheriff and surrounded with
a detachment of Dragoons, Sheriff and Police Officers* dec. where
they were received by the Bore Admiral, Clergymen, <5cc. %
They arrived : the scaffold, which, was erected on. the sand op¬
posite the Royal Naval Yard, about ten o’clock ; and^ after spend¬
ing ten or fifteen rj^iaut^ in fervent' pray§E,v they mounted the drop,
where they shook hands, and again prayed earnestly'for a few mi¬
nutes, when the fatal signal was given, and they were instantly
launched into eternity, amidst an immense multitude of spectators.
After hanging half an hour, they were cut down, and their bodies
sestt m Ed/nburgh in a Cart to be dissected, in terms of their sentence
PRICE ONE PENNY ■
cution of PETER HE AM AN, and FRANCOIS
GAXJTIEZ, who were Hanged, within Flood-mark,
at Leith, on Wednesday the 9th January, 1822, /or
the Piratical seizure of the Schooner Jane of Gib¬
raltar, on her voyage to the Brazils, and for the Bar¬
barous Murder of Thomas Johnston, rriasten, and
James Paterson, seaman, whose Bodies tvere after¬
wards delivered at Edinburgh to be Dissected, to*
gether with their Behaviour from the Jail to, and
aty the Place of Execution.
SHESE unfortunate men, PETER HjEAMAN and FKANCOIS
GAUTIEZ or GAUTIER, ^ho suJiered the last penalty of
our law this day, were tried, at Edinburgh, before the High Court
of Admiralty of Scotland, on Monday the 26th of November last,
for the Piratical and, unlawful seizure of the Schooner Jane of Gib¬
raltar, in the mdnth of Jiine last, when on her voyage from that
place to the Brazils, with a valuable cargo, including specie to the
amdunt of S8,180 Spanish Dollars ; for. most barbarously and
cruelly, murdering Thomas Johnstqn, the. Master, and James Pater-*
son, a Seaman belonging to that Schooner f and, likewise, for Odn-
finihg Peter Smith ^nd Robert Strachan, seamen, in the forecastle,
where, by attempting to suRocata them by. smdke^ the murderers,
succeeded irf terrifyiii^the said Smith .and' Stfacban to assist them
in seizing the vessel/which they, afterwards sunk off the coast of
Ross-shire, landed the specie bn the Isle of Levvis in that county,
arid were soon afterwards made prisoners, arid sent^ to Leith, by Mr
hlTvo-r, Surveyor of Customs at Stomaway/on the informatioB of
Andrew Carrielier, Maltese boy belonging to the said .Scfiohner.
Their trial attracted't}ie most intense interest of a crowded Cnurt,
and Tasted till ne^r seven o’clock on Tuesday morning.-^They.pled -
Not Quilty; and'attempted to exculpate themselves on the allega¬
tions, that it was the Captain who shot Paterson, and that this was
the only shot that was fired-/ •“Thar they all stmck at the Captain
together, and bould not say who, it was that killed him : An<I, that
they could not say who it was that proposed to ccmceal the Dollars,
but-they all assisted In doing so. They were cobdeixtned, notwkhT
Standing of these alltegatirins, which were not lsu|‘ported by riiiy
evidence/ on the clearest testiinony, and sentenced tb be - execut'd.
Within FloodCmark, rarLeith,, on W^cfnesday the Sun January 1S22,
and their Bodies to be delivered to th^ Prptessor of Anatomy in the
University bf Edinburgh for Dissection. Boon after their coii-
demriation, however, both these rinhappy. men ac|dH5wIedgbd ^ the
justice Of their senfierice, confessiilg that they alone devkcd and caiv
ried in to •execution the murder of Captain Johnston and the helm w
man Paterson, f '
Gautiez, who .was cook on board the schooner, was a Tie rich man,
a broad thick stout man/.apparently about 2B years of age, and of
the Roman /Cathcilri religion. Heaman was mate, and was a thin
Swarthy man,, about; ^5 years of-age, a native of Shields, and of the
Church of England persuasion* , He married a Frenchwoman when
a prisoner of war in that country, who, on the ypeace^ canie home
with him, , and who had four children, to him. She has % gc?ad
moral character, and was in Edinburgh at the tkBp of the trial,
with her children, in great distress, where a small sum was collect¬
ed for her, among several respectable individuals, including three
guineas from the jury, to enable her to proceed home. I hey were
both very penitent, and paid unremitting attention to the religious
instructions given them From time to time, by the Clergymen and
Others, who regularly visited, them in Jail. * •
Accordingly, on Wednesday the 9th January, 1822, soon after
nine o'clock in the morning, a hurdle was drawn up opposite the
main door of the Jail, into which the unfortunate men were placed,
with their backs to the horse’s tail, and facing the executioner, who
sat opposite, to them, holding the end of a rope, with whiclr they
were bound, in his hands. In this manner the cart m6ved slowly
down to Leith, accompanied by the Sheriff and surrounded with
a detachment of Dragoons, Sheriff and Police Officers* dec. where
they were received by the Bore Admiral, Clergymen, <5cc. %
They arrived : the scaffold, which, was erected on. the sand op¬
posite the Royal Naval Yard, about ten o’clock ; and^ after spend¬
ing ten or fifteen rj^iaut^ in fervent' pray§E,v they mounted the drop,
where they shook hands, and again prayed earnestly'for a few mi¬
nutes, when the fatal signal was given, and they were instantly
launched into eternity, amidst an immense multitude of spectators.
After hanging half an hour, they were cut down, and their bodies
sestt m Ed/nburgh in a Cart to be dissected, in terms of their sentence
PRICE ONE PENNY ■
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