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

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Details of HCA 45/26/8
Reference: HCA 45/26/8
Description:

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

Captured ship: Hector (master George Connell).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Bordeaux to Philadelphia, laden with wine, brandy, specie and merchandise including looking glasses, silk stockings, prints; taken on 27 July 1795 by the privateer Experiment (John Nash commanding), and brought into Bermuda.

Appellant: Samuel Bayard the American Agent on behalf of the master.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 22 June 1799 (folios 108-136).

Decision: to be restored.

Folios 108-112: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 112: decree; Folios 113-116: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 117-136: appendix
Date: 1799
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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