Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies

 

Vessels Named in Appeals

 

Alphabetization is by vessel name ignoring the prefix ‘HMS’. The case names are linked to the report in which they appear. All the case names associated with a given report are listed, but the vessel in question may not be involved in all the cases. Year reflects the first mention in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series. Four of the vessel names appear only in the Introduction and not in the reports.

Vessel Name

Case(s)

Colony

Year

Admiral Barrington (armed brigantine)

Schwartzkopff v Mears

Tortola

1780

HMS Adventure

Blancau v Dupouy

Jamaica

1762

HMS Adventure

Dupouy v Laraldi

Jamaica

1762

Africa (brig)

Thomas v Campbell

West Florida

1773

Africa (ship)

Hall v Laing

Jamaica

1767

HMS Albany (sloop)

Lynch v Mowat

Nova Scotia

1778

Alexander (ship)

Appeal of Franklyn

Tobago

1782

Alexander (ship)

Bayly v Smith

Jamaica

1754

America (ship)

In re The America

Antigua

1701

Amiable Mary (ship)

Axtell v Bonfils

Jamaica

1725

Amity

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Amity

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Amity

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Amity

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

HMS Antelope (ship)

Hearn v Gapper

Newfoundland

1761

HMS Argo

Cruger v Garnier

St. Christopher

1777

Armitad alias Friendship (Spanish ship)

Appeal of Abendana

Jamaica

1761

HMS Assistance

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

HMS Assistance

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

HMS Assistance

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

HMS Assistance

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Bachelor’s Adventure (ship)

Hubbard v Smailes

Bermuda

1689

HMS Beaver

Payne v Abdy

Antigua

1765

Beckey (sloop)

Prudden v Halliday

Antigua

1761

Betsey (sloop)

Craymer v Bertrand

Nevis

1779

Bridget (brig)

Shannahan v Dunn

Newfoundland

1769

Britannia (sloop)

Barker v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Britannia (sloop)

McPherson v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Brothers (ship)

Craymer v Bertrand

Nevis

1779

Camwood (merchant ship, formerly of the Royal African Company)

Introduction

Catherine (sloop) of Boston

Toller v Burke

Antigua

1733

Catherine (sloop) of Boston

Burke v Toller

Antigua

1733

Charlotte (schooner)

Clarke v Farmer

West Florida

1766

Charming Betsey (schooner)

Mitchell v Tasker

St. Christopher

1768

Charming Nelly (ship) of London

Staple v Glanvill

Antigua

1727

Cleopatra (ship)

Proctor v Bondinot

Antigua

1725

HMS Culloden

Barker v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

HMS Culloden

McPherson v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Diadem (ship)

Seguin v Nesbitt

Nova Scotia

1768

Diamond (sloop)

Israel v Innes ex rel. Donaldson

Jamaica

1764

Dolphin (ship)

Bradley v Bontein

Jamaica

1743

Dolphin (ship)

Bontein v Trelawny

Jamaica

1753

Dolphin (sloop)

Major v Newton

Nova Scotia

1762

Dove of Britain

Ritchie v Nanton

Antigua

1758

Dragon alias St. Antonio de Padua (sloop)

Carrillo Saldana v Forrest

Jamaica

1768

HMS Drake

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

HMS Drake

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

HMS Drake

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

HMS Drake

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Duke of Queensberry (ship)

Davis v Warner

Antigua

1757

Duke of Queensberry (ship)

Warner v Davis

Antigua

1757

Edinburgh (brigantine)

Alexander v Sterling

Bahamas

1770

Elizabeth (?aka Mary Ann Elizabeth)

Barker v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Elizabeth (?aka Mary Ann Elizabeth)

McPherson v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Elizabeth (ship)

Columbier v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Elizabeth (ship)

Guinand v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Elizabeth (ship)

McNelly v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Elizabeth (ship)

Woodbridge v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Elizabeth (snow)

Ritchie v Nanton

Antigua

1758

HMS Enterprise

Appeal of Armistead

Jamaica

1771

HMS Enterprise

Bourke v Hood (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1771

HMS Enterprise

Bourke v Hood

Jamaica

1771

HMS Enterprise

Hall v Hood (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1771

HMS Enterprise

Appeal of Hall (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1771

HMS Enterprise

Appeal of Lynch

Jamaica

1771

Exchange

Holder v Coates

Barbados

1695

Exchange (sloop)

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Exchange (sloop)

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Exchange (sloop)

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Exchange (sloop)

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Expedition (snow)

Inglis v Burke

Grenada

1766

Experience and Susanna

In re The Experience and Susanna

Antigua

1701

Experiment (ship)

Holder v Coates

Barbados

1695

HMS Falcon

In re The Swallow

Jamaica

1687

Fame

Wilkinson v Mendez

Jamaica

1748

Fisher (brigantine)

In re The Fisher

Bermuda

1728

HMS Fly (sloop)

Stirling v Welsh

Jamaica

1772

Francis (pink)

Mingham v Martin

Jamaica

1679

Francis (pink) of London

Mingham v Martin

Jamaica

1680

Freemason (small schooner)

Payne v Abdy

Antigua

1765

General Wolfe (ship)

Bickerton v Hall

Jamaica

1775

General Wolfe (ship)

Hall v Bickerton

Jamaica

1775

George and Elizabeth (sloop)

Eveleigh v Brook

Bermuda

1724

George (ship)

Appeal of Rawlin

Barbados

1736

George (sloop)

Cruger v Garnier

St. Christopher

1777

Good Cecilia

Mure v Palmer

Jamaica

1769

Good Cecilia

Mure v Witter

Jamaica

1769

Good Cecilia

Palmer v Mure

Jamaica

1769

Good Intention (ship) of Galway

St. Lowe v Kirwan

Antigua

1687

HMS Greyhound

Grant v Singleton

Barbados

1766

HMS Greyhound

Wilson v Nesbitt

Nova Scotia

1769

Greyhound (sloop)

Stirling v Welsh

Jamaica

1772

HMS Griffin

Taylor v Nash

Barbados

1767

Hannover (formerly Commerce) (ship)

Appeal of Bevan

Bahamas

1722

Hawke

Appeal of Abendana

Jamaica

1761

Hope (ship)

Lymburner v Burke

Grenada

1765

Hope (ship)

Moore v Burke

Grenada

1765

Hunter (sloop)

Chollet v Mackay

Nevis

1761

Hunter (sloop) (another)

Chollet v Mackay

Nevis

1761

Indian Queen (schooner)

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Indian Queen (schooner)

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Indian Queen (schooner)

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Indian Queen (schooner)

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Industry (ship)

Appeal of Lowman

Montserrat

1748

Industry (snow)

Hearn v Gapper

Newfoundland

1761

Infant Augusta (ship) of Hamburg

Clarke v Wolfenden

Barbados

1752

Irish Gimlet (sloop)

Craymer v Bertrand

Nevis

1779

Isabella (schooner)

Merida v Lyttelton

Jamaica

1765

Jane and Betsey (snow)

Columbier v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Jane and Betsey (snow)

Guinand v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Jane and Betsey (snow)

McNelly v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Jane and Betsey (snow)

Woodbridge v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Jane (sloop)

Turnbull v Topham

Antigua

1752

Jason (ship)

Holt v Savage

Antigua

1781

Jean Paul

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Jean Paul

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Jean Paul

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Jean Paul

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

John and Ann (brigantine)

Thurman v Palliser

Newfoundland

1764

Jupiter (sloop)

Bontin v Innes

Jamaica

1753

Kilmair (snow)

Clarke v Oswald

Barbados

1759

King of Prussia (ship)

Nash v Clarke

Barbados

1762

Kings (King’s) Meadow, formerly Cork Galley, disguised as the Young Catherine (ship)

Mansfield v Concanen

Jamaica

1742

Kings (King’s) Meadow, formerly Cork Galley, disguised as the Young Catherine (ship)

Gray v Bontein

Jamaica

1742

King’s Meadow (ship)

Bontein v Trelawny

Jamaica

1753

La Marie Victoire (ship)

Worsley v Daverse

Barbados

1729

La Santa Rosetta (Spanish schooner)

Rodriguez v Scholes

Nevis

1753

Lady Charlotte (ship)

Joyner v Payne

St. Christopher

1758

Laratte (ship)

Lymburner v Burke

Grenada

1765

Laratte (ship)

Moore v Burke

Grenada

1765

Lawrence (ship)

Rusden v Macleane

Jamaica

1772

Lightfoot (brigantine)

Appeal of Scheviz

East Florida

1783

Linnet (sloop)

Pyle v Bennett

St. Christopher

1780

Little Bob (boat)

Clarke v Farmer

West Florida

1766

Love (schooner)

Mascall v Scaife

Nova Scotia

1758

Lucca

Mure v Palmer

Jamaica

1769

Lucca

Mure v Witter

Jamaica

1769

Lucca

Palmer v Mure

Jamaica

1769

L’Ameriquane alias America de Taure

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

L’Ameriquane alias America de Taure

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

L’Ameriquane alias America de Taure

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

L’Ameriquane alias America de Taure

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Magdalene (schooner)

Seguin v Nesbitt

Nova Scotia

1768

Malaga Merchant (ship)

Appeal of Young and Hanson

Barbados

1684

Maria Theresa (ship)

Lynch v Mowat

Nova Scotia

1778

Mary Ann Elizabeth (?aka Elizabeth)

Barker v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Mary Ann Elizabeth (?aka Elizabeth)

McPherson v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Mary Ann (schooner)

Appeal of Fulton

Antigua

1765

Mary

Mure v Palmer

Jamaica

1769

Mary

Mure v Witter

Jamaica

1769

Mary

Palmer v Mure

Jamaica

1769

Mentor (French brigantine)

Le Conte v Mantle

Jamaica

1761

Mentor (French brigantine)

Mantle v Le Conte

Jamaica

1761

Mercury (ship)

Bennett v Bontein

Jamaica

1743

Mercury (ship)

Bontein v Trelawny

Jamaica

1753

HMS Milford

Columbier v Knowler

Antigua

1765

HMS Milford

Guinand v Knowler

Antigua

1765

HMS Milford

McNelly v Knowler

Antigua

1765

HMS Milford

Woodbridge v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Nancy (sloop)

Dunbar v Lory

Antigua

1736

Nancy (snow)

Bayly v Attorney General

Jamaica

1763

Nelly (schooner)

Denn v Herbert

Nevis

1759

New Exchange

Wilkinson v Mendez

Jamaica

1748

Newbury (ship)

Furlong v Smith

Bermuda

1766

O’Brien (ship)

Appeal of Cooke

Nevis

1686

Pastor (schooner)

Appeal of Fulton

Antigua

1765

Patient Mary (ship)

Grant v Singleton

Barbados

1766

Pearl

Toller v Burke

Antigua

1733

Pearl

Burke v Toller

Antigua

1733

Pearl (man of war)

Dubois v Toller

Antigua

1730

Peggy (ship)

Coursey v Underwood

Antigua

1768

Pitt (ship)

Herriott v Home

St. Christopher

1761

Polly (brigantine)

Wilson v Nesbitt

Nova Scotia

1769

Polly (sloop)

Craymer v Bertrand

Nevis

1779

Pretty Polly (schooner)

Dunbar v Webb

Antigua

1739

Prince William (sloop)

Appeal of Pinnock

Jamaica

1755

Princess Carolina (ship)

Dubery v M’David

Montserrat

1764

HMS Princess Louisa

Appeal of Fulton

Antigua

1765

Princess

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Princess

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Princess

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Princess

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Rattan (packet)

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Rattan (packet)

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Rattan (packet)

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

Rattan (packet)

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Rebecca (ship)

In re The Rebecca

Barbados

1701

Recovery (brigantine)

Bryant v Gambier

Bahamas

1766

Rising Sun (ship)

Grant v Newton

Nova Scotia

1760

Rochester (man of war)

Major v Newton

Nova Scotia

1762

Rudlow (snow) of Cork

Appeal of Brownett

St. Christopher

1746

San Francisco

Hassall v Morse

Jamaica

1747

San Francisco

Wilkinson v Mendez

Jamaica

1748

San Francisco alias Peregrine

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

San Francisco alias Peregrine

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

San Francisco alias Peregrine

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

San Francisco alias Peregrine

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

Santa Rosa

Appeal of Blancau

Jamaica

1755

Santa Rosa

Foster v Dupouy

Jamaica

1755

Santa Rosa (ship)

Blancau v Dupouy

Jamaica

1762

Santa Rosa (ship)

Dupouy v Laraldi

Jamaica

1762

Sarah and Elizabeth (brigantine)

Young v Dunbabbin

St. Christopher

1753

Sarah (sloop)

Appeal of Fulton

Antigua

1765

HMS Senegal

Enouf v Newton

Nova Scotia

1765

HMS Senegal (ship)

Seguin v Nesbitt

Nova Scotia

1768

St. Ann (ship)

Dubois v Toller

Antigua

1730

St. Christopher (frigate)

Appeal of Cabibell

St. Christopher

1719

St. James (sloop)

Introduction

St. Joseph (sloop)

Appeal of Scott and Snow

Bahamas

1744

HMS St. Lawrence (schooner)

Alexander v Sterling

Bahamas

1770

St. Louis

Introduction

St. Paul

McFarlane v Beach

Jamaica

1752

St. Paul

Thomas v Beach (4 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

St. Paul

Yeamans v Beach (2 appeals)

Jamaica

1752

St. Paul

Hassall v Beach

Jamaica

1752

St. Peter (brigantine)

Webbe v Bourke

Nevis

1764

Ste. Luce (ship)

Appeal of Cassally

Barbados

1718

Swallow

In re The Swallow

Jamaica

1687

Swan (sloop)

In re The Swan

Nevis

1702

Three Sisters (small ship)

Introduction

Thurloe

Le Conte v Mantle

Jamaica

1761

Thurloe

Mantle v Le Conte

Jamaica

1761

Tiger (brigantine)

Schwartzkopff v Mears

Tortola

1780

Trial (sloop)

de la Motte v Baker

Antigua

1729

Turtle (sloop) of Barbados

Peers v Amory

Barbados

1699

Two Brothers (snow)

Major v Newton

Nova Scotia

1762

Two Friends (variously described as ‘brig’ and ‘sloop’)

Enouf v Newton

Nova Scotia

1765

Two Friends (variously described as ‘brig’ and ‘sloop’)

Enouf v Suckling

Québec

1765

Two Sisters (ship)

Guinand v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Two Sisters (ship)

McNelly v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Two Sisters (ship)

Woodbridge v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Two Sisters (ship)

Columbier v Knowler

Antigua

1765

Union (sloop)

Appeal of Fulton

Antigua

1765

HMS Vulture

Mascall v Scaife

Nova Scotia

1758

Young Crow Lane (schooner)

Malloun v Mashart

Dominica

1770

Young Crow Lane (schooner)

Mashart v Malloun

Dominica

1770

Young Jan

Barker v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Young Jan

McPherson v Somersall

St. Christopher

1764

Unnamed (Danish vessel)

Appeal of Van Belle

St. Christopher

1704

Unnamed (ship of war)

Appeal of Blancau

Jamaica

1755

Unnamed (ship of war)

Foster v Dupouy

Jamaica

1755