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Catalogue reference: IND 1/8990
Date: 1770-1780
Index to HCA 45/7 - HCA 45/15
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Folios 139-146: Appeal 20; from the High Court of Admiralty concerning the vessel...
Catalogue reference: HCA 45/1/18
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- HCA 45/1/18
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1760
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Description (What the record is about)
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Folios 139-146: Appeal 20; from the High Court of Admiralty concerning the vessel De Elizabeth (master Hendrick Pleen), alleged to be Dutch.
History: sailing from St Eustatius to Amsterdam, laden with coffee, sugar, etc. Taken in 1758 by the Invincible and Bristol privateers, Ezekiel Nash and Thomas Dibden respectively commanding.
Appellant or claimant: Hendrick Pleen, on behalf of Simon De Graaf, Jan de Windt and others, for the ship and goods.
Respondent: Ezekiel Nash, and Thomas Dibden.
Appellant papers: case; two appendices.
Respondent papers: case; appendix.
Sentence given 24 March 1760: goods restored with costs.
Discussed: whether the judge could order a specification; whether the presumption of the cargo being French is not contrary to the ship's papers and preparatory examinations; whether there was not a fair transfer of property; and whether the neutral may not purchase the same notwithstanding the war.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Extra information has been included in this description from HCA 45/6, notably the questions considered by the appeal court.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Printed appeal papers bound into volume
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- Open Document, Open Description
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HCA 45
High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Case Books (Printed Appeal Papers)
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