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Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Antonio...
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| Reference: | HCA 45/71/32 |
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| Description: |
Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Antigua. Captured ship: Antonio (master Geronimo Bastea). Nationality: Spanish. History: bound from New Haven, Connecticut to Puerto Rico, laden with flour, butter, lard, beef, pork etc; taken on 12 October 1813 by the privateer Matchless (Robert Wilson commanding), and brought into Antigua. Appellant: Jose Ballaster, the supercargo for the ship on behalf of Manuel Nadale, Simon Oreas and himself, Spanish subjects; and for the cargo on behalf of the aforesaid and other Spanish subjects. Respondent: The captor. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 19 December 1818 (folios 430-450) [no folios 429, 435, 448]. Decision: having heard further proofs, 'took time to deliberate' [sic]. Folios 430-431: case on behalf of the appellant; Folios 432-434: case on behalf of the respondent; Folio 434: decree; Folios 436-437: appendix; Folios 449-450: affidavits on behalf of the captor as to the blockade of New York by the Sound Passage |
| Date: | 1818 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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