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

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Details of HCA 45/70/30
Reference: HCA 45/70/30
Description:

Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Sierra Leone.

Captured ship: Gertrudis La Preciosa (master Jose Torre).

Nationality: Spanish.

History: a slave trader, bound from Old Calabar to Havana, laden with part of the outward cargo and trading for slaves (about 477 enslaved people, 255 men, 123 boys, 40 women and 62 girls 'the blackest possible, of a regular stature' as given in detailed instructions); taken on 9 June 1814 by HMS Creole (George Charles McKenzie commanding) in sight of HMS Astraea (Benjamin Ashley commanding), and brought into Sierra Leone.

Appellant: John Lacoste of Messrs Tastet, Lacoste and Co, merchants of London, on behalf of Miguel Lopez merchant of Cadiz for the ship, cargo and slaves.

Respondent: The captors and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 1 May 1817 (folios 389-392).

Decision: amended report [valuation] accepted.

Folios 389-392: Act on Petition of both proctors; Folio 392: decree
Date: 1817
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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