| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. QUE_1767_02 |
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Québec |
| Case Name Long |
Gabriel Christie v Francis Noble Knipe and John Le Quesne | |
| Case Name Long |
Gabriel Christie v Francis Noble Knipe |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [55] p.121–122 (23 Dec. 1767 – 13 June 1768) |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.5 (Aug. 1766 – Jan. 1768) p.493, 538: PC 2/112/493, 538 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.6 (Jan. 1768 – April 1769) p.3, 183–191, 203: PC 2/113/3, 183–191, 203 |
Colonial Courts |
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Supreme Court – 14 Sept. 1765 Lieutenant Governor and Council of Quebec – 29 Dec. 1766 |
Participants |
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Burton, Brigadier General [Ralph], governor of Montreal |
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Christie, Gabriel, deputy quartermaster general in North America, appellant |
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Gregory, Hon. William, esquire, chief justice |
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Knipe, Francis Noble, merchant, of Montreal, respondent |
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Le Breton (?same as Le Quesne), ___ |
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Le Quesne, John, merchant, of Montreal, respondent |
Description |
Trespass by impressing another’s employees. |
Disposition |
Judgments reversed and actions dismissed. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Christie v Knipe and Le Quesne) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Gabriel Christie v Francis Noble Knipe and John Le Quesne) |
| Counsel | C. Yorke; Flr. Norton |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.155r–162v (Printed/manuscript date on dorse 31 May 1768, with note “Judgments in both Cases moved generally.” Manuscript notes and underlining throughout. Followed by manuscript “Additional Observations” (f.159r–160v) and counsel notes (f.161r–162v)) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 31 May 1768 (PC 1/59/6/1) | view_Document |
| Catalogued as | Quebec, Canada: Appeal of Christie v Knipe; committee report in duplicate |
| Notes about Document |
Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew |
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Other Documents |
| Other Documents | Petition of Appellant | ||
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 15491 f.11–15 (Manuscript catalogued by the BL as “Brief of a case between Lieut Col Gabriel Christie, Appt, and Francis N Knipe and John Le Quesne, respts, at Quebec, 1766.” It is said to be found on f.11–15, but there are only nine images. It is hard to tell from the images what is recto and what is verso, but the image that follows the dorse of the document is clearly marked as f.16[r]. It is possible that f.11r is blank and not photographed, or that the foliation, which is modern, was expanded to accommodate the insertion of a document with an uneven number of pages. What we have seems to be complete. The first image is entitled “Petition of the appellant,” and that seems to be what it is. The dorse of the last image, however, describes the document as the brief of the appellant. It is attested by Yorke and Norton and may have served as an appendix to their printed case) |