Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Madras. Captured place: capture of...

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Details of HCA 45/65/14
Reference: HCA 45/65/14
Description:

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

Captured place: capture of Banda Neira and its dependencies.

History: following the capture of the settlement by HM Land and Sea Forces on 9 August 1810, mace and cloves were put on board HMS Caroline and HMS Baracouda and carried into Madras as prize.

Appellant: Christopher Cole (commander HMS Caroline), Charles Foote (commander HMS Piedmontaise), Richard Keenah (HMS Barracouta), Captain George Lennox commanding a detachment of the East India Company's Madras regiment, and officers, seamen and soldiers under their command.

Respondent: The Crown and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 1 December 1813 (folios 270-293) [no folios 274, 278, 280, 282, 291].

Decision: against the appeal; appellant's expenses to be paid out of proceeds.

Folios 270-272: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 272: decree; Folios 273-277: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 279-293: appendix
Date: 1813
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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