Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. NEV_1759_00

Denn v Herbert

Nevis 

 

Case Name Long

Andrew Denn, Richard Denn, and John Denn v Horatio Herbert

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [406] p.432 (9 Nov. 1759 – 11 July 1760)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.189, 197, 430, 434–435, 444: PC 2/107/189, 197, 430, 434–435, 444

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Vice Admiralty Court – 15 Oct. 1757

 

Participants

Cort, John, master of the Nelly

 

Damniani, Mr. ___, of Leghorn

 

Denn, Andrew, owner of the Nelly, appellant

 

Denn, John, owner of the Nelly, appellant

 

Denn, Richard, owner of the Nelly, appellant

 

Herbert, Horatio, deputy collector of customs, respondent

 

Lacelloti, Mr. ___, of Leghorn

 

Lazaro, Mr. ___, of Leghorn

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Nelly (schooner)

 

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

Reversed.

Notes

Respondent’s printed case records appellants as John Cort, late Commander of the schooner Nelly, and John Denn, on behalf of himself and Andrew Denn and Richard Denn, owners and claimants.

The appellants’ and respondent’s printed cases are summarized 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).

 

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

Table of Cases (Denn v Herbert)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Andrew Denn, Richard Denn, and John Denn v Horatio Herbert)

Counsel

Fletcher Norton; William de Grey

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.78r–79v (Printed date on dorse 1760; manuscript notes only on dorse.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (John Cort, John Denn, Andrew Denn, and Richard Denn v Horatio Herbert)

Counsel

C. Pratt; C. Yorke

 
Note

The printed case styles the case as it was in the Vice-Admiralty Court of Nevis.

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.80r–81v (Printed date on dorse 1760; includes manuscript notes.)

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

 

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