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

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Details of HCA 45/71/29
Reference: HCA 45/71/29
Description:

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

Captured ship: Betsey brig (master Isaac Percival).

Nationality: American.

History: bound from Alexandria, Virginia, laden with flour; taken on 22 December 1813 by HMS Dragon (Robert Barries commanding), and brought into Bermuda.

Appellant: Silas Bullard of Boston, American citizen, for the ship on behalf of Samuel Trask and Joseph Cross junior of Portland, American citizens; and for the cargo on behalf of William K Reynolds and Co, British merchants of Halifax, Nova Scotia, as protected by a licence from the Governor of Nova Scotia.

Respondent: The captor and HMPG.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 16 May 1818 (folios 398-409) [no folios 397, 406].

Decision: against the appeal.

Folios 398-399: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 399: decree; Folios 400-401: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 402-405: appendix; Folios 407-409: additional appendix on behalf of the claimant
Date: 1818
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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