by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Symons… (1823)
“ William Nicholls, master of an American merchant brig, to go on shore and be at large, contrary to the express directions of his captain; when the said Mr. Nicholls was under detention on a charge of having, after the brig which he commanded had been detained and ordered to Plymouth, overpowered the prize crew, and turned them adrift in a boat ninety miles distant from the land. ”
