Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BAR_1720_00

Appeal of Cook

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

Appeal of Bernard Cook

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [1334] p.775–776 (22 March 1720 – 20 Jan. 1722)

 
  PC Register Citation

George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 Aug. 1720) p.396, 404–405: PC 2/86/396, 404–405

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  PC Register Citation

George I v.3 (25 Aug. 1720 – 31 May 1722) p.439–440, 464: PC 2/87/439–440, 464

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Petit Sessions of the Peace

 

Participants

Adams, Samuel, gentleman

 

Ball, Guy, esquire, justice of the peace

 

Barry, George, esquire, justice of the peace

 

Bishop, Robert, esquire, justice of the peace

 

Bond, Francis, esquire, justice of the peace

 

Chanley, Edward (commissioner for Mr. Lowther)

 

Cook, Bernard, appellant

 

Elliott, James (commissioner for Mr. Lowther)

 

Fercherson, John, esquire, justice of the peace

 

Forbes, William (commissioner for Bernard Cook)

 

Frere, John (nephew of Mr. Lowther)

 

Harrison, Robert (commissioner for Bernard Cook)

 

Kirkham, William, esquire, justice of the peace

 

Lowther, Mr. [Robert], governor of Barbados (uncle of John Frere)

 

Maycock, Thomas, jun., esquire, justice of the peace

 

Thomas, Stephen, esquire, justice of the peace

 

Warren, Robert, gentleman

 

Description

Public whipping improperly ordered. The appellant was “whipped in open court by the common whipper of slaves, receiving twice 39 lashes in an inhuman and barbarous manner” for words allegedly uttered “reflecting on the modesty of” the wives of Mr. Adams and Mr. Warren.

Disposition

Eight justices removed from the Commission of the Peace and two from the Council also.

Notes

This appeal is irregularly from the Petit Sessions of the Peace.

The APC entry does not make clear if all the Justices have the status of esquire.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Whipping of B. Cook – His petition and Order of reference – 22 March 1720 (PC 1/47/16) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [294] p.121.

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TNA Document Committee report – May 1722 (PC 1/58/2A) view_Document
Catalogued as

Barbados, West Indies: Report from Appeals Committee on petition of Barnard Cook

 
Notes about
Document
Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew. The document, in poor condition, is held in Conservation at TNA.

 

TNA Document Board of Trade representation – 11 November 1725 (PC 1/48/21) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [340] p.155.

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