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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Orozembo (master...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/57/15 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Orozembo (master William Brewster). Nationality: American. History: sailing under a charter-party taken by 17 passengers, travelling under assumed names with Portuguese passports, found to be in the Dutch military service and two in the Dutch civil service; bound from Lisbon to Macao (though intended to compel the master to proceed to Batavia), in ballast; taken on 16 June 1808 by HMS Lively (George McKinlay commanding), and brought into Plymouth. Appellant: Thomas Wilson merchant of London for the ship on behalf of William Boyd of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, American citizen. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 3 February 1810 (folios 283-298). Decision: against the appeal, appellant to pay costs of the appeal. Folios 282-287: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 287: decree; Folios 288-289: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 290-298: joint appendix |
| Date: | 1810 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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