John Auger

Soon after, Auger and his crew met with the other vessels at sea, including fellow pardoned pirate Phineas Bunce.

Auger and Bunce debated whether to kill cargo master James Kerr, pilot Richard Turnley, and other officers Rogers had placed on board, but instead voted to maroon them.

[8] Captain Charles Johnson describes Auger's trip to the gallows: ... knowing himself guilty of the Indictment, he all along appeared very penitent, and neither wash'd, shav'd, or shifted his old Cloaths, when carried to be executed; and when he had a small Glass of Wine given him on the Rampart, drank it with Wishes for the good Success of the Bahama Islands and the Governor.

[1]but the virtue of the condemned was firm, and the only consolation the criminals obtained was the advice that "lead their thoughts to the other world and repent of the evils they had committed in this one."

"Yes," replied Auger, furious and not ashamed, "I deeply regret not having committed greater evils and not having cut the neck of the comrades who betrayed me, and I regret even more that all of you do not hang up [9] Auger and his crew had been captured, tried, convicted, and hanged within a year of returning to piracy.