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

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Details of HCA 45/41/8
Reference: HCA 45/41/8
Description:

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

Captured ship: Flora (master James Lovett).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Cartagena to Cadiz, though allegedly to New York, laden with cotton, fustic, gold ignots, milled doubloons; taken on 21 June 1799 by HMS York (John Ferrier commanding) and HMS Maidstone (Ross Donnelly commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: 1) William Savage and James Lovett for the ship and the cargo being variouslythe property of John Blagge merchant of New York, James Drake supercargo and the master.

Respondent: The captors and HMPG; 2) cross-suit by the same parties.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 18 June 1803 (folios 121-141).

Decision: cargo and specie to be restored; further proof required as to the property of John Blagge; further proof required as to the ship.

Folios 121-124: case on behalf of the appellants in the first claim; Folio 124: decree; Folios 125-129: case on behalf of the captors as respondents; Folios 130-141: appendix
Date: 1803
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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