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24: 142:, after being captured with his crew the previous month, is tried in Boston, Massachusetts, and found guilty of piracy although he is later reprieved. Thomas Hawkins, an officer under Captain Pound, is also found guilty and similarly given a reprieve. Later sent to England, he is killed during a fight with a French privateer. 153:
anchored in Boston Harbor the previous year, is hanged for acts of piracy following his capture (two of his officers, Christopher Knight and
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is forced to temporarily cease operations due to increased activity by English pirates.
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Thomas Hawkins, Boston pirate and officer under Captain Pound
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where he was captured with Captain Pound and several others.
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