| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. JAM_1764_05 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
John Doe, lessee of William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Norwood Witter | |
| Case Name Long |
John Doe, lessee of William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [583] p.694–695 (12 Dec. 1764 – 17 July 1765) |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.4 (1 Oct. 1764 – 27 Aug. 1766) p.52, 283–284, 739–741: PC 2/111/52, 283–284, 739–741 |
Colonial Courts |
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Supreme Court – Nov. 1758 Court of Errors – 20 Nov. 1762 (two judgments) |
Participants |
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Blake, Hannah, respondent |
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Doe, John, appellant (lessee of William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan) |
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Gale, Isaac (brother-in-law and devisee of William Williams) |
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Perrin, William, appellant (lessor of John Doe) |
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Vaughan, Thomas, appellant (lessor of Thomas Vaughan) |
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Williams, Anna (daughter of Mary and William) |
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Williams, Bonella (daughter of Mary and William) |
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Williams, Hannah (daughter of Mary and William) |
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Williams, John (son of Mary and William) |
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Williams, Mary (widow of William, mother of Bonella, Hannah, Anna, and John) |
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Williams, William, deceased (husband of Mary, father of Bonella, Hannah, Anna, and John, brother-in-law and devisor of Isaac Gale, devisor of Thomas Woollery) |
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Witter, Norwood, respondent |
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Wollery, Thomas (devisee of William Williams) |
Description |
Concerning land. |
Disposition |
Stayed; feigned action of trespass brought in Court of King’s Bench. |
Notes |
For further commentary, see Smith (p.326) and Mary Sarah Bilder, “The Relevance of Colonial Appeals to the Privy Council,” in Texts and Contexts in Legal History: Essays in Honor of Charles Donahue, John Witte, Jr., Sara McDougall, and Anna di Robilant, ed. (Berkeley, CA: Robbins Collection, 2016), 401–15. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Perrin v Witter; Perrin v Blake) (extensive discussion) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (John Doe ex dem. William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake) |
| Counsel | C. Yorke; Wm. De Grey |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36219 f.236r–239v (Printed date on dorse 1765 with manuscript notes: “The Hon’ble Mr Yorke, The Solc’r General, J Sharpe.” No other manuscript notes; one underlining) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (John Doe ex dem. William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake) |
| Counsel | Fl. Norton; Al. Wedderburn |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36219 f.240r–243v (Printed date on dorse 1765. No manuscript notes or underlining. Followed by notes of counsel) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report (Perrin and Vaughan v Witter and Blake) – 17 July 1765 (PC 1/52/56) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [667] p.403 |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 24 June 1777 (PC 1/60/10/1) | view_Document |
| Catalogued as | Jamaica, West Indies: Committee report on the appeal Doe v Witter; 4 July read and approved |
| Notes about Document |
Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew |
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Other Documents |
| Other Documents | See Perrin v Blake, 1 Black. W. 672, 96 Eng. Rep. 392; 4 Burr. 2579, 98 Eng. Rep. 355 (K.B. 1769, 1770). | ||
| Library | Ames Foundation: (7 pages) (Source: HeinOnline [available by subscription]) |