John Prie (died 1727) was a minor pirate in the Caribbean.
History
In 1727 Prie and some associates staged a mutiny aboard the Dutch-flagged ship Young Lawrence during a cruise in the West Indies. Prie murdered the Captain and declared himself Master of the ship. The mutineers were caught and tried in London. Prie tried to frame fellow sailor John Ashley for the murder, who responded with a profanity-laced tirade. Prie was convicted for both murder and piracy and sentenced to hang. Prie's hanging was also reported in the London Journal of 27 July 1728; both were reprinting older news items, as Prie had been hung a year earlier. He was hanged at Execution Dock, then gibbeted in chains opposite the town of Woolwich in July 1727.
See also Admiralty court – The trial court which condemned Prie.
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