Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. BAR_1760_00

Selwyn v Murray

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

George Augustus Selwyn v John Murray

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [429] p.462 (11 July 1760 – 16 Feb. 1761)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.450–451: PC 2/107/450–451

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PC Register Citation  

George III v.1 (25 Oct. 1760 – 31 Dec. 1761) p.78–79, 196–197, 203–204: PC 2/108/78–79, 196–197, 203–204

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Colonial Courts

Court of Common Pleas – 30 March 1759

Court of Errors – 11 July 1759

Participants

Murray, John, respondent

Selwyn, George Augustus, of Matson, Gloucestershire, appellant

Description

Fees and profits of office.

Disposition

Both judgments reversed.

Notes

The appellant’s printed case is summarized in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:158 (view).


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s
case

Case of the appellant (George Augustus Selwyn v John Murray)

Counsel

C. Yorke; Al. Wedderburn

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.90r–91v (Printed date on dorse 13 January 1961, corrected by hand to 5 Feb. 1761; manuscript notes only on dorse)

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

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