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Somers Mutiny Case Details on Trial of Spencer
The 1842 Somers mutiny case centers on Philip Spencer a midshipman accused of plotting to seize the USS Somers kill Captain Mackenzie and turn the ship pirate off the Isle of Pines. The narrative recounts the confrontation the confession and the captain's order to confine Spencer and discipline the crew with a final salute.
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President Tyler
United States
Somers
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
Liberia
Spencer
Isle of Pines
F. Cromwell
Elisha Small
Captain Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Cromwell
Small
Philip Spencer
John C. Spencer