Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. NOV_1768_00

Seguin v Nesbitt

Nova Scotia 

 

Case Name Long

Isaac Seguin (revived by Ann Seguin) v William Nesbitt, Henry Newton, Thomas Hayward, and Henry Hervey

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [57] p.123 (1 Feb. 1768 – 9 Feb. 1770)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.6 (Jan. 1768 – April 1769) p.50: PC 2/113/50

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.223, 228: PC 2/114/223, 228

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Vice Admiralty Court at Halifax – 11 Dec. 1765

 

Participants

Hayward, Thomas, commander of HMS Senegal, respondent

 

Hervey, Henry, commander of the Magdalene, respondent

 

Nesbitt, William, attorney general, respondent

 

Newton, Henry, collector of customs, respondent

 

Seguin, Ann, appellant (widow and executrix of Isaac)

 

Seguin, Isaac, master of the Diadem, appellant, later deceased (husband of Ann)

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Diadem (ship)

 
 

Magdalene (schooner)

 
 

HMS Senegal (ship)

 

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

Appeal withdrawn without costs.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Committee report – 30 Jan. 1770 (PC 1/54/65) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [828] p.473.

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