Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of St Kitts. Captured ship: Hetty...

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Details of HCA 45/26/1
Reference: HCA 45/26/1
Description:

Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of St Kitts.

Captured ship: Hetty (master John Sullivan).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Barbados and Martinique to Philadelphia, laden with sugar, coffee, cotton and pepper; taken on 19 December 1793 by the privateer Sukey and Polly (Robert Bogge commanding), and brought into St Kitts.

Appellant: Samuel Bayard the American Agent.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of [June] 1799 (folios 1-12).

Decision: sentence reversed, but principal cause retained.

Folios 1-3: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 3: decree; Folios 4-6: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 7-12: appendix
Date: 1799
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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