Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of New York. Captured ship: Hawke...

Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of New York.

Captured ship: Hawke (master Moses Yell).

History: an American schooner, bound from Chester River, Pennsylvania to St Eustatius, laden with flour, tobacco; taken on 28 July 1778 in about 19 miles from Cape Henlopen by HMS Solebay (Thomas Symonds commanding) and brought into New York.

Appellant: The captor.

Respondent: Samuel Fairlamb, owner of the ship and cargo.

Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 18 March 1780.

Folios 52-70v, comprising:-

• folios 52-53v: case on behalf of the appellant;
• folios 54-57v: appendix to the appellants' case;
• folios 58-60v: case on behalf of the respondent;
• folios 61-70v: appendix to the respondents' case.

Session of Saturday 18 March 1780, in the Council Chamber, Whitehall: sentence recorded in manuscript on folio 60v:-

• Present: Henry, Earl Bathurst, Lord President of the Council; Earl of Denbigh; Earl of Marchmont; Earl of Hillsborough; Earl of Clarendon; Viscount Stormount; Lord Amherst; Sir Thomas Parker.
• Schooner Hawke, Mose Yell master. Crespigny. Crickett. For sentence on the first and second assignation and information.
• "The Lords having heard the proofs and counsel on both sides by their interlocutory decree affirmed the sentence of the judge below and decreed the cause to be remitted."