Mary Read leaving only the women and one other to fight Barnet's boarding party (it is also possible that Rackham and his crew were too drunk to fight). Allegedly, Read angrily shot into the hold, killing one, and wounding others, when the men would not come up and fight with them. Barnet's crew eventually overcame the women. Rackham surrendered, requesting "quarter". Rackham and his crew were arrested and brought to trial in what is now Spanish Town, Jamaica, where they were sentenced to hang for acts of piracy, as were Read and Bonny. However, the women revealed they were both "quick with
Mary Anne Richey by Judge James Augustine Walsh. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 1976, and received her commission the same day. Richey served in that capacity until her death of cancer on November 25, 1983. Mary Anne Richey Mary Anne Richey (October 24, 1917 – November 25, 1983) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Born Mary Anne Reimann in Shelbyville, Indiana, Richey was in the United States Army, Women's Army Service Pilots during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. She received a Bachelor of Laws