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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Barbados. Captured ship: Goede...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/51/29 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Barbados. Captured ship: Goede Hoop (master Thomas Van Thuysen). Nationality: Dutch. History: bound from the Cape of Good Hope via St Helena and Barbados, intending to go to America, Hamburg, Amsterdam or England, laden with wine, brandy, elephant teeth, sea cow teeth [walrus ? ivory], ostrich feathers and rix dollars [specie]; taken on 31 August 1803 by HMS Centaur (James Murray Maxwell commanding), and brought into Barbados. Appellant: John Carey for the ship and cargo on behalf of himself, Joseph Bray, Hugh Ferrar Venables, Alexander Leith Davidson and Stephen Amyott, all British subjects. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 7 August 1807 (folios 474-490) [no folio 489]. Decision: against the appeal in respect of the ship; cargo to be restored, subject to further proof in respect of Messrs Bray and Venables. Folios 474-477: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 477: decree; Folios 478-480: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 481-490: appendix |
| Date: | 1807 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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