CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
12 DECEMBER 1720
Mr. Cormac,
I have received your correspondence and subsequent request for a continuance on behalf of your daughter, Anne Bonny. While I rarely show mercy to Pirates and Thieves, I am not without strong Moral Character. I have deemed it appropriate to delay your daughter’s execution until after the birth of her child. I have arranged her transfer from here to the gaol in New Berne in the Providence of Carolina, where she will remain until the child is born. At the most appropriate time, she will be expected to pay the penalty of Death by hanging, for her crimes of Piracy and Murder. Ultimately, the authorities in New Berne will be responsible for seeing Justice is done.
I Remain,
His Honor, M. C. Marlowe III
His Majesty’s Chief Magistrate
Port Roya
