| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. JAM_1752_03 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
John Spooner (revived by Charles Spooner) v John Cossley, Judith Burrows, and Cossley Hall |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [169] p.157–158 (23 Jan. 1752 – 1 April 1758) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.13 (1 May 1750 – 30 March 1752) p.468: PC 2/102/468 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.16 (1 Jan. 1756 – 31 Dec. 1757) p.158, 259: PC 2/105/158, 259 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.17 (1 Jan. 1758 – 21 May 1759) p.38, 47, 49–53, 93: PC 2/106/38, 47, 49–53, 93 |
Colonial Courts |
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High Court of Chancery in England – undated Chancery – 22 Nov. 1755 |
Participants |
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Bourryau (Bourryan), Zachariah (son-in-law of John Spooner) |
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Burrows (Burrowes), Judith, respondent (mother of John Cossley) |
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Cossley, John, respondent (son of Judith Burrows, mortgagor of John Spooner) |
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Cossley, Sarah |
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Hall, [John] Cossley, respondent |
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Hiscox, Joseph |
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Holford, Mr. [Robert] |
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Oliver, Richard |
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Spooner, Charles, appellant (executor of John) |
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Spooner, John, esquire, appellant, later deceased (father-in-law of Zachariah Bourryau, mortgagee of John Cossley) |
Description |
Land/mortgage. |
Disposition |
Appellant put in possession of the whole plantation. |
Notes |
The appellant’s and respondent’s printed cases are 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), 6:154–155 (view). |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (John Spooner v John Cosley, John Cosley Hall, and Judith Burrow) |
| Counsel | R. Henley; E. Willes |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.206r–207v (Manuscript date on dorse 6 March 1758 with note. No other manuscript notes; some underlining) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Manuscript date on dorse 6 March 1758. Library markings on page 2; manuscript notes on page 3) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (John Spooner v John Cosley, Judith Burrowes, and Cosley Hall) |
| Counsel | C. Pratt; C. Yorke |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36217 f.208r–209v (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 6 March 1758. Manuscript notes and minor underlining) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1758; 6 March added by hand; no manuscript notes) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |