Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Newfoundland. Captured ship: Deux...
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Reference: | HCA 45/70/37 |
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Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Newfoundland. Captured ship: Deux Freres (master Jean Miguel Perez). Nationality: French. History: bound from St Jean de Luz, Bayonne to Port aux Choix, in the Newfoundland fisheries, laden with salt and staves; taken on 7 August 1815 by HMS Hazard (John Cooksley commanding), and brought into St John's, Newfoundland. Appellant: William Mellish merchant of London, for the ship and cargo as the property of Alexis and Alexandre Betbeder, merchants of Bayonne and [British] subjects. Respondent: The captor and HMPG. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 12 June 1817 (folios 472-480). Decision: ship and cargo restored on payment of the captor's expenses. Folios 472-473: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 473: decree; Folios 474-475: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 476-478: appendix; Folios 479-480: additional appendix |
Date: | 1817 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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