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

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Details of HCA 45/41/44
Reference: HCA 45/41/44
Description:

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

Captured ship: Active (master Louis Mauras).

Nationality: Swedish.

History: bound from Guadeloupe to St Bartholomew, laden with coffee and cotton; taken on 22 march 1799 by HMS Perdrix (Charles Fahie commanding), and brought into St Kitts.

Appellant: The master for the ship on behalf of [John Joseph] Cremony of St Bartholomew, Swedish subject, and said JJ Cremony on his own behalf for the cargo.

Respondent: The captor and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 27 July 1803 (folios 533-541).

Decision: ship and cargo to be restored subject to further proof in respect of the cargo.

Folios 533-534: case on behalf of the appellant; Folios 535-536: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 537-541: appendix; Folio 541: decree
Date: 1803
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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