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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of Jamaica. Captured ship: Falck...

Catalogue reference: HCA 45/48/15

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HCA 45/48/15
Date
1805
Description

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

Captured ship: Falck (master Mathies Jensen Falck).

Nationality: Danish.

History: bound from Bordeaux to Charleston, laden with wine, brandy, oil, olives, capers and annisette; taken on 21 September 1799 by HMS Brunswick (William Gordon Rutherford commanding), and brought into Jamaica.

Appellant: Johannes de Chapeaurouge and Cornelius Wilhelm de Chapeaurouge, merchants of Hamburg and partners of Messrs J de Chapeaurouge and Co.

Respondent: The captor.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 22 June 1805 (folios 250-252).

Decision: registrar's report confirmed and captor's expenses allowed.

Folios 250-252: Act of Court on a petition in objection to the registrar's report; Folio 252: decree

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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High Court of Appeals for Prizes: Case Books (Printed Appeal Papers)

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