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

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Details of HCA 45/40/18
Reference: HCA 45/40/18
Description:

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

Captured ship: Triton (master Gottfried Melm).

Nationality: Bremen.

History: bound from Batavia to Bremen, laden with sugar, coffee etc; taken on 7 October 1799 by the privateer Caroline (William Findlay commanding) and HMS Meleager (Charles Ogle commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: The master for the ship and cargo for himself and his crew, on behalf of Messrs Cassel and Traub, Hermann Hagedorn and son, and J F Uhthoff, Bremen merchants.

Respondent: The captors and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 7 May 1803 (folios 231-278) [no folio 249].

Decision: cargo to be restored.

Folios 230-235: case on behalf of the appellant; Folios 236-239: case on behalf of the respondent; Folio 240: decree; Folios 241-278: joint appendix
Date: 1803
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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