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

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Details of HCA 45/71/19
Reference: HCA 45/71/19
Description:

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

Captured ship: Hardy (master Adrien Marais).

Nationality: French.

History: bound from Le Havre to Genoa, laden with flour and wheat; taken on 25 June 1815 by HMS Ajax (George Mundy commanding), and brought into Malta.

Appellant: James Frederick Perrin of Clausie, Perrin and Bodman, merchants of London, for the ship on behalf of Noel Francois Hardy of Dieppe, French subject; and Nathaniel Parker, partner in Messrs Scott, Garnett and Palmer, merchants of London, for the cargo on behalf of Messrs Truffaut and Sons of Pintoise, French subjects.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 16 April 1818 (folios 244-257).

Decision: against the appeals for both ship and cargo.

Folios 244-247: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 247: decree; Folios 248-249: case on behalf of the claimant for the cargo; Folios 250-251: case on behalf of the respondents; Folios 252-257: joint appendix
Date: 1818
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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