State of New Jersey ss. To all whom it may concern.
Notice is hereby given, That a Court of Admiralty will be held at Haddonfield in the county of Gloucester, on Wednesday the 21st day of May next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the same day, (or as soon after as the said Court shall direct) then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in the Bill of Thomas Seabrook, Esq; (who as well, &c.) against the brigantine called the Raby [Roby], &c. burthen about sixty tons, lately in the possession and under the command of Captain Elphinston.1 To the end and intent, that the owner or owners of the said ship, her cargo, &c. or any person concerned therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they have, why the same should not be condemned 2 according to the prayer of the said Bill.
April 22, 1777.
By order of the Judge, W. Livingston, Jun. Register.
1. For capture of Roby, see Journal of H.M.S. Perseus, November 12, 1776, Volume 7, 120.
2. Libels for trial at Haddonfield the same day were filed by John Monro against the schooner Popeshead, and by Richard Somers, against the brigantine Defiance, Pennsylvania Packet, April 29, 1777.
