Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 10_1766_02

Crawford v Hawker

Pennsylvania 

 

Case Name Short

Crawford v Hawker

 
Case Name Long

Patrick Crawford (representing James Crawford) and Charles Smith v James Hawker

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.5 [8] p.18 – 15 October 1766 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.5 (August 1766 – January 1768) p.64–65: PC 2/112/64–65

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APC Citation 

v.5 [8] p.18 – 3 February 1772 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.9 (January – December 1772) p.62: PC 2/116/62

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APC Citation 

v.5 [8] p.18 – 22 April 1772 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.9 (January – December 1772) p.148, 173: PC 2/116/148, 173

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Colonial Courts

Vice Admiralty Court – Philadelphia – 8 October 1765

Participants

Crawford, James (brother, presumed deceased, of Patrick Crawford and owner of the Chance and part of its cargo)

Crawford, Patrick (brother and executor of James Crawford)

Hawker, James, commander of HMS Sardoine

Ruecastle, Robert (replacement for Patrick Crawford as representative for James Crawford)

Smith, Charles (owner of part of cargo of the Chance)

Vessels

Chance (ship)

HMS Sardoine

Description

Condemnation for illegal trade

Disposition

Dismissed for non-prosecutioin

Notes

Cited in the APC, v.6 [874] p.507, as Ruecastle and Smith v Hawker.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew

TNA Document Committee report – 8 Apr. 1772 – PC 1/55/68 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [874] p.507

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