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

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Details of HCA 45/41/16
Reference: HCA 45/41/16
Description:

Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of St Vincent.

Captured ship: Commerce brig (master Jonathan Neale).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Guadeloupe to Salem, Massachusetts, laden with sugar; taken on 31 January 1794 by the privateer Christopher (James Smith commanding), and brought into St Vincent.

Appellant: Samuel Bayard, the American Agent on behalf of the master for the ship; and on behalf of the master and William Gray junior, both of Salem, Massachusetts, for the cargo.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 24 June 1803 (folios 213-221).

Decision: ship and cargo to be restored subject to further proof.

Folios 213-214: case on behalf of the appellant; Folios 215-216: case on behalf of the respondent; Folio 216: decree; Folios 217-221: appendix
Date: 1803
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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