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Index to HCA 45/7 - HCA 45/15
Catalogue reference: IND 1/8990
Date: 1770-1780
Index to HCA 45/7 - HCA 45/15
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Tortola. Captured ship: Friendship...
Catalogue reference: HCA 45/28/3
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- HCA 45/28/3
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1800
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Tortola.
Captured ship: Friendship (master John Robinson).
Nationality: Danish.
History: bound from Surinam to St Thomas, laden with cotton and coffee; taken on 20 December 1795 by HMS Bulldog (John Hop commanding), and brought into Tortola.
Appellant: John Vetter, merchant of St Thomas.
Respondent: The captor and HMPG.
Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 10 May 1800 (folios 37-46).
Decision: ship and cargo restored, but further proof (production of letter) required for the time on which knowledge of British hostilities against the Dutch reached St Thomas.
Folios 37-39: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 39: decree; Folios 40-41: case on behalf of the respondent; Folios 42-46: appendix (with many underlinings)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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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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