Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 13_1759_01

Nelson v Ambler

Virginia 

Case Name Short

Nelson v Ambler

Case Name Long

William Nelson and Francis Whiting v Richard Ambler

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.4 [377] p.403 – 2 February 1759 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.17 (1 January 1758 – 21 May 1759) p.355, 366 recte 355–356: PC 2/106/355, 366 recte 355–356

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Colonial Courts

Court at Williamsburgh – 10 October 1751

Participants

Ambler, Richard, collector of customs in the port of York River

Black, William, merchant

Gale, William, merchant

Hutchinson, John, bankrupt

Janson, Joseph (assignee of estate and effects of John Philpot and John Hutchinson)

Nelson, William

Philpot, John, bankrupt

Pomeroy, Bartholomew (assignee of estate and effects of John Philpot and John Hutchinson)

Symon, Henry, solicitor of H.M. Customs (appears for Richard Ambler)

Whiting, Francis

Vessels

Elizabeth of Nantes

Banstead

Neptune

Richmond

Description

Dispute over duties payable on a French prize, the Elizabeth, and her cargo, brought into the York River by the privateers Banstead, Neptune, and Richmond

Disposition

Not stated in Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series


DOCUMENTATION

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