Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. JAM_1743_02

Bradley v Bontein

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

Henry Bradley (revived with Lydia Bradley as party), John Gray, and Benjamin Maynard v Thomas Bontein

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [566] p.747–748 (23 March 1743 – 11 Jan. 1749)

 
PC Register Citation  

George II v.8 (22 Oct. 1741 – 29 Sept. 1743) p.352: PC 2/97/352

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.11 (1 Aug. 1746 – 30 April 1748) p.456: PC 2/100/456

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PC Register Citation  

George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.127–128, 138: PC 2/101/127–128, 138

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Colonial Courts

Supreme Court – 12 March 1742

Court of Errors – 17 Aug. 1742

Participants

Bontein, Thomas, naval officer, respondent

Bradley, Henry, appellant, later deceased (husband of Lydia)

Bradley, Lydia, appellant (widow and executrix of Henry)

Gray, John, appellant

Maynard, Benjamin, appellant, later deceased

Vessels

Dolphin (ship)

Description

Forfeiture of a vessel and cargo.

Disposition

Judgments and verdict set aside with possible additional proceedings below, matters to be found specially.

Notes

Related to other Privy Council appeals:

Mansfield v Concanen, Gray v Bontein – Report No. JAM_1742_06 (APC, v.3 [533] p.713–717)

Bennett v Bontein – Report No. JAM_1743_03 (APC, v.3 [567] p.748)

Bontein v Trelawny – Report No. JAM_1753_02 (APC, v.4 [218] p.223).

The relationship among the four cases is explained in Additional Research in JAM_1742_06, where the respondents’ printed case in this and the first two cases in the list is given.

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

Table of Cases (Bradley v Bontein) (extensive discussion)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Respondent’s
case

For the case of the respondents see JAM_1742_06.

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

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