Anne Bonny Outsmarts the British Legal System in the Courtroom and Saves Herself from Hanging
Anne Bonny Outsmarts the British Legal System in the Courtroom and Saves Herself from Hanging by Phillip Thomas Tucker
English | March 23, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BZJV78P9 | 105 pages | EPUB | 0.52 Mb
English | March 23, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BZJV78P9 | 105 pages | EPUB | 0.52 Mb
When in only her early twenties, Anne Bonny was about to be hung by the High Court of the Admiralty at the capital of Jamaica during late November of 1720. At this time, Anne was the most infamous female pirate of the eighteenth century. After having been sentenced to death by hanging, Anne Bonny then played her high card in an unprecedented courtroom drama: she could not be hung if pregnant which was a tenet of British common law that went back to the Middle Ages. For the first time, this book tells the fully story about how Anne Bonny, who was expecting a child at exactly the right time, outsmarted the High Court of the Admiralty when her life was at stake.