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"JOHN MACKAREL was indicted for river piracy, but on the appointed day of his trial the prosecutor failed to appear in court. The charges were dismissed." I'd
by beloch 12y ago
"JOHN MACKAREL was indicted for river piracy, but on the appointed day of his trial the prosecutor failed to appear in court. The charges were dismissed."
I'd dearly love to here more about this John Mackarel. The account is two sentences but, for some reason, it stokes fires in my imagination.
- easytiger 12y agoI would also guess his name was John MacKarel According to this blog: http://nineteenteen.blogspot.co.uk/2012_10_01_archive.html http://nineteenteen.blogspot.co.uk/2012_10_01_archive.html "And the judges were more free to interpret the law then they would be today. For example, in May 1816, John Mackarel was indicted for river piracy, but the prosecutor didn’t show up on the day of the trial so he got off as not guilty. Wonder what happened to the prosecutor, hm?" edit: seems to be http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://books.google.co.uk/books%3Fid%3DW6dOZ0DL9V4C%26pg%3DPA20%26lpg%3DPA20%26dq%3D%2522JOHN%2BMACKAREL%2522%2Bpiracy%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DMynko5VzOe%26sig%3DiTacAiCC6AZGG-H5Mfj4thpz14c&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522JOHN%2BMACKAREL%2522%2Bpiracy%26espv%3D2%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D963 http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http:/...