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

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Details of HCA 45/45/21
Reference: HCA 45/45/21
Description:

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

Captured ship: Polly schooner (master John Widdefield).

Nationality: American.

History: a slave trader, bound from River Pongo on the coast of Africa to Cuba and then Boston, laden with 144 enslaved people, rice and elephants' teeth [ivory]; taken on by HMS Retribution (Samuel Peters Forster commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: William Robert Emanuel Boyd supercargo for the cargo on behalf of Amasa Davies the younger, merchant of Boston; and for his private adventures.

Respondent: The captor and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 1 June 1804 (folios 261-267).

Decision: cargo to be restored.

Folios 261-262: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 262: decree; Folios 263-264: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 265-267: appendix
Date: 1804
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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