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

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Details of HCA 45/48/3
Reference: HCA 45/48/3
Description:

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

Captured ship: Cleopatra (master John Oliver Waterman).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from to, laden with logwood, indigo, cotton, fustic and specie; taken on 28 November 1800 by HMS York (John Ferrier commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: Peter Aupoix merchant of New York, American citizen, for the ship and majority of the cargo on his own behalf.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 5 April March 1805 (folios 37-61).

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

Folios 37-40: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 40: decree; Folios 41-44: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 45-57: joint appendix; Folios 58-61: additional appendix

Date: 1805
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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