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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Montserrat. Captured ship: Betsey...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/42/29 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Montserrat. Captured ship: Betsey (master James Stewart). Nationality: Swedish. History: bound from St Bartholomew to Guadeloupe, laden with glassware, dry goods, iron pots and spying glasses; taken on 12 February 1799 by the privateer Roebuck (Willian Smith commanding), and brought into Montseratt. Appellant: Dudley Semper of Montserrat for the sloop and cargo on behalf of John Martins de Clarincieux of St Bartholomew, Swedish subject. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 1 December 1803 (folios 473-484) [no folio 477]. Decision: ship and cargo to be restored with interest; captors condemned in costs of the appeal. Folios 473-476: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 476: decree; Folios 478-484: appendix |
| Date: | 1803 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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