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

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Details of HCA 45/31/8
Reference: HCA 45/31/8
Description:

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

Captured ship: Harmony (master Peter Mulder).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Charleston to Havana, laden with salt, rice, brandy, dry goodsand other merchandise; taken on 29 December 1798 by HMS Squirrel (James Hampstead commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: The master of behalf of Caspar Christian Schutt merchant of Charleston.

Respondent: The captor (with a cross-suit).

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 14 May 1801 (folios 136-149).

Decision: to be restored.

Folios 136-138: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 138: decree; Folios 139-140: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 141-149: appendix

Date: 1801
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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