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

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Details of HCA 45/61/10
Reference: HCA 45/61/10
Description:

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

Captured ship: Charles Williams (master George Laverty).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Martinique to New York, laden with sugar, coffee, cocoa and rum; taken on 31 December 1806 by HMS St Lucia (Charles Gordon commanding), and brought into Antigua.

Appellant: Peter van Wagener supercargo as claimant of part of the cargo on behalf of G and T Meyers, Ebenezer Stevens and I P Longchamp.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 24 November 1810 (folios 195-211) [no folios 198, 207, 210].

Decision: goods to be restored subject to further proof within 9 months.

Folios 195-197: case on behalf of the appellant; Folios 199-200: case on behalf of the respondent; Folio 200: decree; Folios 201-211: appendix
Date: 1810
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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