Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 11_1724_00

Cranston v Jekyll

Jekyll v Cranston

Rhode Island 

 

Case Name Short

Cranston v Jekyll

Jekyll v Cranston

 
Case Name Long

Samuel Cranston v John Jekyll

John Jekyll v Samuel Cranston

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.3 [73] p.88 – 22 August 1724 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.617: PC 2/88/617

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APC Citation 

v.3 [73] p.88 – 2 December 1724 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.19: PC 2/89/19

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APC Citation 

v.3 [73] p.88 – 20 July 1725 – entry 3

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.92, 103–104: PC 2/89/92, 103–104

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APC Citation 

v.3 [73] p.88 – 4 November 1725 – entry 4

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.122: PC 2/89/122

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APC Citation 

v.3 [73] p.88 – 16 January 1727 – entry 5

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.297: PC 2/89/297

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Colonial Courts

Vice Admiralty Court at Boston

Participants

Cranston, Samuel, Governor

Hyam, Thomas, merchant, of London (attorney or agent for the owners, freighters, and insurers of the ship Porto Prince)

Jekyll, John, Collector of the Customs

Vessels

Porto Prince aka Elpierto del Principe (ship)

Description

Condemnation

Disposition

The appeal and cross-appeal are admitted, but the outcome of the hearing is not stated.

Notes

Smith (p.186) notes that the register indicates in error that an appeal had already been granted to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty; in fact it was to the High Court of Admiralty. However, given uncertainties about the jurisdiction of the Vice Admiralty Court, the appellant felt it “more proper to appeal to the King in Council.”

References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations

Table of Cases (Cranston v Jekyll)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

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