Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1743_03

Bennett v Bontein

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

John Bennett (later his widow Mary), John Gray, and Benjamin Maynard v Thomas (the first name provided in [566] of APC v.3) Bontein

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [567] p.748 (23 March 1743 – 11 Jan. 1749)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.8 (22 Oct. 1741 – 29 Sept. 1743) p.352–353: PC 2/97/352–353

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.11 (1 Aug. 1746 – 30 April 1748) p.456–457: PC 2/100/456–457

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  PC Register Citation

George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.125–127, 138: PC 2/101/125–127, 138

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Supreme Court – 12 March 1742

 
 

Court of Errors – 17 Aug. 1742

 

Participants

Bennett, John, appellant, later deceased (husband of Mary)

 

Bennett, Mary, appellant (widow of John)

 

Bontein, Thomas, naval officer, respondent

 

Gray, John, appellant

 

Maynard, Benjamin, appellant

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Mercury (ship)

 

Description

Forfeiture of a vessel and cargo.

Disposition

Judgments set aside with possible additional proceedings below, matters to be tried specially.

Notes

Related to other Privy Council appeals:

Mansfield v Concanen, Gray v Bontein – Report No. JAM_1742_06 (APC, v.3 [533] p.713–717)

Bradley v Bontein – Report No. JAM_1743_02 (APC, v.3 [566] p.747–748)

Bontein v Trelawny – Report No. JAM_1753_02 (APC, v.4 [218] p.223).

Courts and dates provided by reference to APC, v.3 [566] p.747–748. The relationship among the four cases is explained in Additional Research in JAM_1742_06, where the respondents’ printed case in this and the first two cases in the list is given.

 

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

Table of Cases (Bennett v Bontein) (extensive discussion)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Respondent’s case

For the case of the respondents see JAM_1742_06.

 

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

 

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