Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. STC_1770_00

Wharton v St. John

Gardiner v Fahie

Gardiner v St. John

St. Christopher 

 

Case Name Long

William Wharton, Joseph King, William Feuilleteau, Aretas Akers, Christopher Mardenbrough and Henry Seaton v James St. John and Henry Berkeley

 
Case Name Long

John Gardiner v John Fahie

 
Case Name Long

John Gardiner v James St. John

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [160] p.277–280 (14 Sept. 1770 – 30 June 1775)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.485–486, 627, 605, 626–627: PC 2/114/485–486, 627, 605, 626–627

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  PC Register Note

(The first two references are those for Wharton v St. John, the second two for Gardiner v Fahie.)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.9 (Jan. 1772 – Dec. 1772) p.132–136, 171–173, 266, 292, 315: PC 2/116/132–136, 171–173, 266, 292, 315

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.476: PC 2/118/476

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.12 (June 1775 – May 1776) p.31–32, 56–57: PC 2/119/31–32, 56–57

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.13 (June 1776 – May 1777) p.140, 428–429: PC 2/120/140, 428–429

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Assembly and Judges of St. Christopher – 1770

 
 

Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas – 15 March 1773

 
 

Court of Errors – 13 May 1774

 

Participants

Akers, Aretas, esquire, appellant

 

Bennett, Henry, assistant justice

 

Berkeley, Henry, esquire, deputy provost marshall, respondent

 

Bryan, Anthony, deceased

 

Douglas, Alexander, assistant justice

 

Fahie, John, speaker of the Assembly, respondent

 

Feuilleteau, William, esquire, appellant

 

Gardiner, John, appellant

 

Greathead, Craister, esquire, chief justice

 

King, Joseph, esquire, appellant

 

Mardenbrough, Christoper, esquire, appellant

 

Phillips, Francis, assistant justice

 

Seaton, Henry, esquire, appellant

 

St. John, James, sergeant at arms, respondent

 

Wharton, William, esquire, appellant

 

Description

Wrongful imprisonment by order of the Assembly of St. Christopher.

Disposition

Appeal of Wharton et al. and Gardiner’s first appeal dismissed but with instructions to the courts of St. Christopher to reinstate their cases. Gardiner’s second appeal admitted. Outcome not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.

Notes

Not indexed as an appeal.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

 

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