Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. NOV_1778_00

Lynch v Mowat

Nova Scotia 

 

Case Name Long

Henry Lynch v Henry Mowat

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [360] p.457–458 (15 April 1778 – 18 May 1781)

 
PC Register Citation  

George III v.15 (April 1778 – Sept. 1778) p.31: PC 2/122/31

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PC Register Citation  

George III v.17 (July 1779 – Feb. 1780) p.542–543, 570–571: PC 2/124/542–543, 570–571

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PC Register Citation  

George III v.18 (March 1780 – Dec. 1780) p.54, 460: PC 2/125/54, 460

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PC Register Citation  

George III v.19 (Jan. 1781 – Sept. 1781) p.319–322, 347: PC 2/126/319–322, 347

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Colonial Courts

[Vice Admiralty Court at] Halifax – 19 Sept. 1777

Participants

Bewick, Mr. ___

Brenton, James (surrogate of Jonathan Sewal)

Lynch, Henry, merchant, of Galway, appellant

McLintock, Robert, merchant, of Halifax

Mourgue, Mr. ___

Mowat, Henry, commander of HMS Albany, respondent

Nesbitt, William, attorney general

Sewal, Jonathan

Withers, Philip, master of the Maria Theresa

Wood, Daniel (advocate for Philip Withers)

Vessels

HMS Albany (sloop)

Maria Theresa (ship)

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

Sentence reversed.

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

Table of Cases (Lynch v Mowat; Lynch v Binney and Mowat)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

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

TNA Document Committee report (Lynch v Binney and Mowat) – 12 May 1781 (PC 1/57/81) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [1010] p.589

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