Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. BAR_1712_04

Rawlins v Burke

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

William Rawlins v Edward Burke

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [1179] p.668–669 (24 Nov. 1712 – 24 June 1713)

 
PC Register Citation  

Anne v.6 (18 Aug. 1712 – 31 July 1714) p.48, 112–113, 194–195: PC 2/84/48, 112–113, 194–195

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Colonial Courts

Governor and Council as a Court of Grievances – 18 March 1712

Participants

Burke, Edward, respondent, deceased (husband of Hester)

Burke, Hester (widow of Edward)

Frere, John, member of the Council of Barbados

Rawlins, William, appellant

Description

Concerning land and a debt from an estate.

Disposition

Reversed.

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

Ballard v Burke – Report No. BAR_1714_03 (APC, v.2 [1202] p.679–680).

Note additional information on Burke’s background and life in Barbados in Susan Dwyer Amussen, Caribbean Exchanges: Slavery and the Transformation of English Society, 1640–1700 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007) p.103.


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