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

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Details of HCA 45/41/14
Reference: HCA 45/41/14
Description:

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

Captured ship: Minerva (master John Ernst Bottcher).

Nationality: Prussian.

History: bound from Danzig to Cadiz or Barcelona, laden with wheat; taken on 13 July 1797 by the privateer Revenge (John Cowen commanding), and brought into Gibraltar.

Appellant: Samuel Scott and Joshua Jepson Oddy merchants of London for the cargo on behalf of David Weichbrodt, Herman Meyer and Gottlieb Lesse, merchants of Danzig.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 22 June 1803 (folios 196-200).

Decision: value of cargo affirmed; reduction for freight referred to the registrar.

Folios 196-200: Act of Petiton; Folio 200: decree
Date: 1803
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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