| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. JAM_1750_02 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
Norwood and Bonella Witter, and Benjamin, jun., and Hannah Blake v John Doe, on the demise of John Sharpe, William Perrin, and Thomas Vaughan |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [142] p.110–111 (6 Dec. 1750 – 20 Dec. 1752) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.13 (1 May 1750 – 30 March 1752) p.113–114: PC 2/102/113–114 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 Dec. 1753) p.215, 218–233, 260: PC 2/103/215, 218–233, 260 |
Colonial Courts |
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Supreme Court of Judicature – Feb. 1747 Court of Errors – 17 Dec. 1749 |
Participants |
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Blake, Benjamin jun., esquire, of Westmoreland parish, Jamaica, appellant (husband of Hannah) |
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Blake (née Williams), Hannah, appellant (wife of Benjamin, daughter of William Williams) |
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Cleaver, Samuel |
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Doe, John, respondent |
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Gale, Isaac (brother-in-law of William Williams) |
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Gale, John |
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Gale, Jonathan |
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Garbrand, ___ |
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Hamersley, Hugh, of the Inner Temple, London |
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Hooper, Philip |
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Knight, James, of Stoke Newington |
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Knight, John, of Stoke Newington |
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Knight, Sarah – see Williams, Sarah |
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Lewis, Barnard |
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Lynch, Michael |
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Pennant, Samuel, of London |
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Perrin, William, respondent, deceased (trustee of Sarah Williams) |
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Poyntzes, ___ |
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Sharpe, John, esquire, respondent, deceased (trustee of Sarah Williams) |
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Vaughan, Thomas, gentleman, respondent, deceased (trustee of Sarah Williams) |
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Williams, Anna, infant, deceased (daughter of William) |
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Williams, Bonella – see Witter, Bonella |
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Williams, Hannah – see Blake, Hannah |
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Williams, John, later deceased (husband of Sarah) |
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Williams, Lewis |
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Williams, Mary (widow of William) |
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Williams (née Knight), Sarah, widow (widow of John) |
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Williams, William, planter (husband of Mary, father of John, Anna, Bonella [now Bonella Witter], and Hannah [now Hannah Blake], brother-in-law of Isaac Gale) |
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Witter (née Williams), Bonella, appellant (wife of Norwood, daughter of William Williams) |
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Witter, Norwood, esquire, of Westmoreland parish, Jamaica, appellant (husband of Bonella) |
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Wollery, Thomas sen. |
Description |
Concerning trepass/ejectment, a will, and indentures. |
Disposition |
Judgment reversed without prejudice. |
Notes |
Related to other Privy Council appeals: “Poyntzes and Garbrand” (see PC 2/103/219) are slave-buyers; the name could indicate a company rather than two individuals. |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (John Doe, John Sharpe, and William Perrin v Norwood and Bonella Witter, and Benjamin and Hannah Blake) |
| Counsel | W. Murray; A. Hume-Campbell |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 21 November 1752; no manuscript notes or underlinings) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |