Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Jamaica. Captured ship: Hannah...

Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Jamaica.

Captured ship: Hannah (master John Cox).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Petit Goave, Saint Domingue to New York and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, laden with sugar and coffee; taken on 28 September 1793 by the privateer Little Ann (William Goss commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: Alexander Jopp of Kingston, Jamaica, on behalf of Joseph L'Epine and Nicolas Loyante de St Amande merchants of New York, trading as Joseph L'Epine and Co, for the cargo.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 5 December 1795 (folios 455-467) .

Decision: on further proof: further proof required.

Documents: Folios 455-456: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 457: decree; Folios 458-461: appendix to the appellants' case; Folios 462-463: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 464-467: appendix to the respondents' case.