Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia. Captured ship: Reward...
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Reference: | HCA 45/66/21 |
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Nova Scotia. Captured ship: Reward (master Amos Hill). Nationality: American. History: bound from Salem, Massachusetts to Lisbon, laden with flour, peas and fish; taken on 10 October 1812 by the privateer General Smyth (Joseph Rideant commanding), and brought into St John, New Brunswick. Appellant: John Black of Halifax for the ship and cargo, on behalf of William Orne merchant of Salem, as protected by a British licence granted by Herbert Sawyer commander-in-chief, Halifax Station, to supply HM forces on the Iberia Peninsular. Respondent: The captor and HMPG. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 9 July 1814 (folios 374-384) [no folios 379, 385]. Decision: ship and cargo to be restored as claimed, subject to payment of expenses on behalf of the Crown. Folios 374-376: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 376: decree; Folios 377-379: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 380-384: appendix |
Date: | 1814 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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