Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Frederick...
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Reference: | HCA 45/69/27 |
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Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Frederick (master John Frederick Simon Meyer). Nationality: Russian. History: bound from London via the Isle of Mayo to St Bartholomew, laden allum, copperas, dry goods and clothes; taken on 1 August 1813 by the privateer Matchless (Robert Wilson commanding), and brought into Antigua. Appellant: The master and Amasa Thayer, for the ship and cargo as property of Charles Amburger Russian merchant of Archangel; and Charles Tottie, merchant of London and Swedish consul (as appellant and intervener), for the ship and cargo as having been seized in Swedish territory. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 20 May 1816 (folios 385-395). Decision: further proof required of the place of capture and property of the ship and cargo. Folios 385-386: case on behalf of the appellant; Folios 387-389: case on behalf of the respondent; Folio 389: decree; Folios 390-395: appendix |
Date: | 1816 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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