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

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Details of HCA 45/37/37
Reference: HCA 45/37/37
Description:

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

Captured ship: San Jose y Carmen otherwise St Josef (master Joseph Miguel Zuaznavar).

Nationality: Spanish.

History: bound from Campehe to Jamaica, laden with dye wood, rice and other 'specie'; taken on 19 March 1799 by HMS Brunswick ( [William] Chilcott commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: The master for the schooner and cargo; on his own behalf for specie, as Spanish property granted to him by HM licence.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 4 August 1802 (folios 434-494).

Decision: ship, cargo and specie to be restored.

Folios 484-486: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 486: decree; Folios 487-488: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 489-494: appendix

Date: 1802
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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