Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 11_1748_00

Gibbs v Sheldon

Rhode Island 

 

Case Name Short

Gibbs v Sheldon

 
Case Name Long

Robert Gibbs v Jonathan Sheldon

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [94] p.72 – 15 November 1748 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.113: PC 2/101/113

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APC Citation 

v.4 [94] p.72 – 28 November 1748 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.116–117, 119–120: PC 2/101/116–117, 119–120

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Colonial Courts

Inferior Court – 20 December 1743

Superior Court – 27 March 1744

Superior Court – 2 October 1744

Participants

Gibbs, Robert

Partridge, Richard (agent of Jonathan Sheldon)

Sheldon, Jonathan, master of the sloop Hopewell, of Providence

Vessels

Hopewell (sloop)

Description

Not stated in the APC, but Bilder, Salamanders and Sons of God, p.302, indicates allegations of fraud over the loss of a ship.

Disposition

Dismissed for non-prosecution


DOCUMENTATION

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

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