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| Appeals to the Privy Council from the Caribbean and Canadian Colonies |
| Report No. JAM_1759_11 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
William Beckford, Julinus Beckford, and Rose Fuller v Robert Halked, sen. |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [405] p.431–432 (12 Sept. 1759 – 11 July 1760) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.48, 145, 418, 426–430, 442: PC 2/107/48, 145, 418, 426–430, 442 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 17 Feb. 1759 |
Participants |
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Beckford, Julinus, appellant (executor of George Ellis) |
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Beckford, William, appellant (executor of George Ellis) |
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Ellis, George, sen., deceased |
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Fuller, Rose, formerly of Jamaica, now of Great Britain, appellant (executor of George Ellis) |
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Halked (Halhed), Richard, deceased (father, devisor and residuary devisor of Robert) |
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Halked (Halhed), Robert, sen., respondent (son, devisee, residuary devisee and administrator of Richard) |
Description |
Concerning land/payment. |
Disposition |
Decree reversed with directions for taking further accounts. |
Notes |
The appellants’ and respondent’s printed cases are summarized, with an additional footnote about George Ellis, in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:157 (view). |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (William Beckford, Rose Fuller, and Julines Beckford v Robert Halhed) |
| Counsel | C. Pratt; C. Yorke |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.72r–75v (Printed date on dorse 1760; includes manuscript notes.) |
| Respondent’s case | Case of the respondent (William Beckford, Rose Fuller, and Julines Beckford v Robert Halhed) |
| Counsel | Tho. Sewell; Al. Forrester |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.76r–77v (Printed date on dorse 1760; no manuscript notes.) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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