| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. MON_1771_00 |
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Montserrat |
| Case Name Long |
Appeal of Michael Brislane |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [181] p.293–295 (1 May 1771 – 6 May 1773) |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.8 (Jan. 1771 – Dec. 1771) p.175: PC 2/115/175 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.10 (Jan. 1773 – April 1774) p.119–121, 187, 191: PC 2/117/119–121, 187, 191 |
Colonial Courts |
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Grand Jury in the Island of Montserrat – 20 April 1770 Court of King's Bench – 24 April 1770 Court of Errors – 17 July 1770 |
Participants |
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Brislane, Elizabeth, deceased (wife of Michael, daughter of Junima White) |
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Brislane, Michael, appellant (husband of Elizabeth) |
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Carroll (Carrolls), Elizabeth |
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Dartmouth, [William], earl of – see Legge, William |
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Dartmouth, [William], lord – see Legge, William |
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Fogarty, Thomas, surgeon |
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Legge, William, earl of Dartmouth, minutes laid before |
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Pownall, Mr. ___ |
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White, Junima (mother of Elizabeth Brislane) |
Description |
Murder of wife by husband/domestic violence. |
Disposition |
Appeal dismissed as inadmissible. |
Notes |
Regarding Elizabeth’s surname: “She left his house and went to Elizabeth Carrolls.” It is likely that the APC simply omitted the apostrophe from ”Carroll’s,” but that is not clear from either the APC or the manuscript. |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report and minute on the appeal – 27 March 1773 (PC 1/55/72) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [907] p.539 |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | Additional materials, possibly duplicative, are referenced in Calendar of Home Office Papers of the Reign of George III, 1773–1775 ed. Richard Arthur Roberts (London: HMSO, 1899) [v.4 in the series] no. 165, p.48. | ||
| Library | Ames Foundation: (1 page) (Source: Archive.org) |