Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Eliza (master...

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Details of HCA 45/57/32
Reference: HCA 45/57/32
Description:

Printed prize appeal from the High Court of Admiralty.

Captured ship: Eliza (master Thomas Cumming).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from New York to Bordeaux, laden with sugar, cocoa, coffee etc; taken on 26 December 1807 by HMS Tribune (Thomas Baker commanding), having previously been warned by HMS Cambrian not to proceed to Bordeaux in consequence of the blockade, and brought into Plymouth.

Appellant: William Lyman, American consul-general in London, for the ship on behalf of Jabez Hatch merchant of Boston, American citizen.

Respondent: The captor and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 3 March 1810 (folios 546-557).

Decision: against the appeal.

Folios 546-548: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 548: decree; Folios 549-550: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 551-557: 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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