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On 13 December 1807, when he was then captain of, Lake abandoned an impressed seaman, Robert Jeffrey, on Sombrero Island for having stolen rum and beer while the crew was on short rations.
John Dennis of the American schooner Adam, out of Marblehead, saw Jeffrey waving his arms and rescued him.
Some months later, Lake's commanding officer, Sir Alexander Cochrane, discovered what had happened and immediately ordered Lake to retrieve Jeffrey.
A party from the vessel searched the island to assess the survival prospects for someone landed at this place without food and water as Lake was then the subject of an Admiralty investigation.
A subsequent court-martial dismissed Lake, who in the meantime had become captain of, from the King's service.
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