Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. WES_1773_00

Thomas v Campbell

West Florida 

 

Case Name Long

Samuel Thomas and Phillips Comyn v John Campbell

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [264] p.378–379 (4 Aug. 1773 – 23 Jan. 1775)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.10 (Jan. 1773 – April 1774) p.240, 266, 377–378, 396: PC 2/117/240, 266, 377–378, 396

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.318–319, 353–358, 374–375, 442–443: PC 2/118/318–319, 353–358, 374–375, 442–443

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Vice Admiralty Court – 2 and 13 June 1772

 

Participants

Bouker, Thomas

 

Campbell, John, esquire, of Pensacole, respondent

 

Clifton, William, chief justice, issued writ of prohibition

 

Comyn, Phillips, appellant

 

Stephenson, John

 

Thomas, Samuel, appellant

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Africa (brig)

 

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

Appeal first dismissed for non-prosecution, followed by a writ of prohibition issuing in West Florida against executing the order, but later a further order to the Governor of West Florida to enforce the Vice Admiralty sentence of 13 June 1772. A final entry in the register states that “This order was directed not to be issued without further Directions.”

Notes

Smith (p.200) notes this case’s use of a prohibition as an appellate device.

 

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

Table of Cases (Thomas and Comyn v Campbell)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Committee report – 12 Jan. 1775 (PC 1/60/10/1) view_Document
Catalogued as

West Florida: Committee report on memorial of John Cambel complaining of the chief justice of West Florida for having issued a writ of prohibition to stay the execution of an Order in Council of 31 Dec. 1773 for dismissing the appeal of Messrs. Samuel Thomas and Philip Comyns against the memorialist; 23 Feb. read and approved

 
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