Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BER_1703_00

Jones v Bennet

Bermuda 

 

Case Name Long

Edward Jones v Lieutenant Governor Benjamin Bennet

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [910] p.447–452 (18 Nov. 1703 – 9 Aug. 1726)

 
  PC Register Citation

Anne v.1 (8 March 1702 – 18 Jan. 1704) p.460: PC 2/79/460

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  PC Register Citation

Anne v.2 (20 Jan. 1704 – 29 Sept. 1705) p.98: PC 2/80/98

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Anne v.3 (11 Oct. 1705 – 29 Feb. 1708) p.165, 428: PC 2/81/165, 428

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Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.156: PC 2/82/156

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Anne v.5 (2 June 1710 – 28 July 1712) p.299, 332–333, 341, 396: PC 2/83/299, 332–333, 341, 396

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  PC Register Citation

George I v.1 (1 Aug. 1714 – 2 March 1717) p.445: PC 2/85/445

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George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 Aug. 1720) p.118, 166, 297–298, 298, 299–300, 300, 351–352, 362–363: PC 2/86/118, 166, 297–298, 298, 299–300, 300, 351–352, 362–363

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George I v.3 (25 Aug. 1720 – 31 May 1722) p.239, 262, 265: PC 2/87/239, 262, 265

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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 Aug. 1724) p.357, 480, 528–529, 538, 563, 616–617: PC 2/88/357–358, 480–481, 528–529, 538, 563, 616–617

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  PC Register Citation

George I v.5 (Sept. 1724 – May 1727) p.7, 232–233, 243–244, 273–274: PC 2/89/7, 232–233, 243–244, 273–274

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Governor and Council

 
 

Court of General Assizes

 
 

Court of Errors – 3 March 1713

 
 

Court of Common Pleas – 2 July 1714

 
 

Court of Chancery – 15 July 1715

 
 

Court of Chancery – 18 July 1715

 
 

Court of Chancery – 20 Dec. 1722

 

Participants

Bennet (Bennett), Capt. Benjamin, esquire, (former) lieutenant governor of the Bermuda Islands, respondent

 

Holford, Robert, master of the High Court of Chancery in England

 

Jones, Edward, gentleman, (former) secretary and provost marshall general of the Bermuda Islands, appellant

 

Northey, Sir Edward

 

Sandys, Samuel

 

Tucker, ___

 

Watson, Philip

 

Description

Suspension of Edward Jones from office as Secretary and Provost Marshall General of the Bermuda Islands and repayment of “rents and profits” during the course of the suspension.

Disposition

Jones’ suspension is lifted. After a much protracted process, judgments are reversed with former Governor Bennet to repay Jones the money due Jones by virtue of the judgment of 1714 with costs.

Notes

Not indexed as an appeal. The APC incorrectly calls one of the courts the Barbados Chancery; in PC 2 it is given as Bermuda.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Board of Trade report – 19 March 1706 (PC 1/46/8) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [145] p.41.

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TNA Document Committee report – Oct. 1714 (PC 1/58/1) view_Document
Catalogued as

Bermuda, West Indies: Report from Appeals Committee on complaint of Col. Bennet against Henry Pullein, governor

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