Fate of The Mutineers
The state of Louisiana refused to extradite most of the sailors accused of mutiny and killing Lieutenant Fuller the previous February. Further, many witnesses had gone down with their ship in October. Nevertheless, Commodore Moore tried those hands who were aboard his flagship in April 1843. Three men were sentenced to lashes, and four others were sentenced to death. They were hanged from the yardarm of the Austin on 26 April 1843. Sergeant Oswald escaped jail in New Orleans and was never brought to justice, and Frederick Shepard, a mutineer who saved his life by testifying against his fellows, was killed in action three weeks later in the Naval Battle of Campeche.
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