sentences:  Eight women were charged with bewitching a young girl, and were convicted, despite a strong indication from one of the judges that the jury should acquit.They were sentenced to a year in prison and four sessions in the pillory.In April 1778, during the American War of Independence, John Paul Jones, in command of the American ship "Ranger", attempted to capture a British Royal Navy sloop of war, , moored at Carrickfergus.