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

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Details of HCA 45/26/4
Reference: HCA 45/26/4
Description:

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

Captured ship: Joseph (master Jean Pousson).

Nationality: Spanish.

History: a slave trader, bound from Guinea to New Orleans, laden with 39 enslaved people and sundry goods; taken on 16 February 1794 by the privateer Thomas (John Bristow commanding), and brought into Port Royal, Jamaica.

Appellant: The master and Jean Dupuy, Spanish subjects of New Orleans, and Jean Francois Odou, a Portuguese subject.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 15 June 1799 (folios 39-40).

Decision: for the protest.

Folios 39-40: act on petition of both proctors on behalf of the captors' protest; Folio 40: decree
Date: 1799
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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