Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. STC_1780_00

Pyle v Bennett

St. Christopher 

 

Case Name Long

William Pyle and Lucas Berners v Henry Bennett

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [376] p.478 (5 Jan. 1780 – 18 May 1781)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.17 (July 1779 – Feb. 1780) p.489, 546: PC 2/124/489, 546

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.19 (Jan. 1781 – Sept. 1781) p.90–91, 322–324, 347–348: PC 2/126/90–91, 322–324, 347–348

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Vice Admiralty Court – 18 Jan. 1779

 

Participants

Bennett, Henry, collector of customs, respondent

 

Berners, Lucas, of St. Eustatius, appellant

 

Cockran, Peter, master of the Linnet

 

Fahie, John, judge of Vice Admiralty Court of St. Christopher

 

Pyle, William, of St. Johns, Antigua, owner of the Linnet, appellant

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Linnet (sloop)

 

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

Reversed.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Committee report – 12 May 1781 (PC 1/57/81) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [1010] p.589.

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