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The trial of Captain Kate

"Kate Tablescraps!" the judge boomed from the bench, "You have been found guilty of robbery of foodstuffs from merchant ships on several occasions. Do you wish to refute these claims?" The pirate smirked, in her mind she couldn't lose. "No, no I don't." "Then you agree to your hanging?" "Not necessarily, after all, you wouldn't be allowed to hang a woman in my condition anyways." she retorted. "And what condition might that be miss Tablescraps?" The judge inquired further. "Haha! I would have figured you to have figured it out by now, i'm pregnant! Which of course means, you won't be hanging me till I'm not." She