Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1764_05

Doe v Witter

Doe v Blake

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

John Doe, lessee of William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Norwood Witter

 
Case Name Long

John Doe, lessee of William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [583] p.694–695 (12 Dec. 1764 – 17 July 1765)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.4 (1 Oct. 1764 – 27 Aug. 1766) p.52, 283–284, 739–741: PC 2/111/52, 283–284, 739–741

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Supreme Court – Nov. 1758

 
 

Court of Errors – 20 Nov. 1762 (two judgments)

 

Participants

Blake, Hannah, respondent

 

Doe, John, appellant (lessee of William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan)

 

Gale, Isaac (brother-in-law and devisee of William Williams)

 

Perrin, William, appellant (lessor of John Doe)

 

Vaughan, Thomas, appellant (lessor of Thomas Vaughan)

 

Williams, Anna (daughter of Mary and William)

 

Williams, Bonella (daughter of Mary and William)

 

Williams, Hannah (daughter of Mary and William)

 

Williams, John (son of Mary and William)

 

Williams, Mary (widow of William, mother of Bonella, Hannah, Anna, and John)

 

Williams, William, deceased (husband of Mary, father of Bonella, Hannah, Anna, and John, brother-in-law and devisor of Isaac Gale, devisor of Thomas Woollery)

 

Witter, Norwood, respondent

 

Wollery, Thomas (devisee of William Williams)

 

Description

Concerning land.

Disposition

Stayed; feigned action of trespass brought in Court of King’s Bench.

Notes

For further commentary, see Smith (p.326) and Mary Sarah Bilder, “The Relevance of Colonial Appeals to the Privy Council,” in Texts and Contexts in Legal History: Essays in Honor of Charles Donahue, John Witte, Jr., Sara McDougall, and Anna di Robilant, ed. (Berkeley, CA: Robbins Collection, 2016), 401–15.

 

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

Table of Cases (Perrin v Witter; Perrin v Blake) (extensive discussion)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (John Doe ex dem. William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake)

Counsel

C. Yorke; Wm. De Grey

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36219 f.236r–239v (Printed date on dorse 1765 with manuscript notes: “The Hon’ble Mr Yorke, The Solc’r General, J Sharpe.” No other manuscript notes; one underlining.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (John Doe ex dem. William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake)

Counsel

Fl. Norton; Al. Wedderburn

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36219 f.240r–243v (Printed date on dorse 1765. No manuscript notes or underlining. Followed by notes of counsel.)

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

 
TNA Document Committee report (Perrin and Vaughan v Witter and Blake) – 17 July 1765 (PC 1/52/56) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [667] p.403.

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TNA Document Committee report – 24 June 1777 (PC 1/60/10/1) view_Document
Catalogued as

Jamaica, West Indies: Committee report on the appeal Doe v Witter; 4 July read and approved

 
Notes about
Document
Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew.

 

Other Documents

Other DocumentsSee Perrin v Blake, 1 Black. W. 672, 96 Eng. Rep. 392; 4 Burr. 2579, 98 Eng. Rep. 355 (K.B. 1769, 1770). 
Library Ames Foundation: (7 pages) (Source: HeinOnline [available by subscription].)

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