Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 04_1720_00

Forward v Poulson (later Hunt)

Maryland 

 

Case Name Short

Forward v Poulson (later Hunt)

 
Case Name Long

Jonathan Forward v Gilbert Poulson (later William Hunt)

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.2 [1339] p.781 – 26 July 1720 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.454: PC 2/86/454

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v.2 [1339] p.781 – 2 August 1720 – entry 2

 
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George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.459: PC 2/86/459

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APC Citation 

v.2 [1339] p.781 – 4 August 1720 – entry 3

 
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George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.463–464: PC 2/86/463–464

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APC Citation 

v.2 [1339] p.781 – 21 February 1724 – entry 4

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.481: PC 2/88/481

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v.2 [1339] p.781–782 – 21 February 1724 – entry 5

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.481: PC 2/88/481

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v.2 [1339] p.782 – 17 April 1724 – entry 6

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.499: PC 2/88/499

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v.2 [1339] p.782 – 30 April 1724 – entry 7

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.509–510: PC 2/88/509–510

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v.2 [1339] p.782 – 21 May 1724 – entry 8

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.530: PC 2/88/530

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v.2 [1339] p.782 – 12 June 1724 – entry 9

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.535: PC 2/88/535

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v.2 [1339] p.782–783 – 24 June 1724 – entry 10

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.540–541: PC 2/88/540–541

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v.2 [1339] p.783 – 4 July 1724 – entry 11

 
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George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.563: PC 2/88/563

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v.2 [1339] p.783 – 12 April 1725 – entry 12

 
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George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.49: PC 2/89/49

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v.2 [1339] p.783 – 1 June 1725 – entry 13

 
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George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.73–74: PC 2/89/73–74

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v.2 [1339] p.783–784 – 4 November 1725 – entry 14

 
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George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.121–122: PC 2/89/121–122

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v.2 [1339] p.784 – 24 June 1726 – entry 15

 
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George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.240–241: PC 2/89/240–241

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v.2 [1339] p.784 – 24 June 1726 – entry 16

 
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George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.241: PC 2/89/241–243

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v.2 [1339] p.784 – 5 July 1726 – entry 17

 
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George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.251, 252: PC 2/89/251, 252

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v.2 [1339] p.784–785 – 10 January 1728 – entry 18

 
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George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.207: PC 2/90/207

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v.2 [1339] p.785 – 6 June 1728 – entry 19

 
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George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.308: PC 2/90/308

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v.2 [1339] p.785 – 29 March 1729 – entry 20

 
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George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.472–474: PC 2/90/472–474

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v.2 [1339] p.785 – 10 April 1729 – entry 21

 
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George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.475–476: PC 2/90/475–476

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Colonial Courts

Vice Admiralty Court – date of proceedings not stated

Provincial Court – 20 September 1720

Maryland Court of Appeals and Errors – 7 May 1723

Court of Errors – 2 June 1726 (4 judgments in favor of Thomas Boardley)

Participants

Baltimore, Lord

Boardley (Bordley), Thomas (attorney, later deceased, for Gilbert Poulson)

Calvert, Charles, Deputy Governor of Maryland

Cockey, Thomas

Forward, Jonathan, merchant, of London

Gordon, Robert

Hunt, William, merchant, of London (executor for Thomas Boardley, who dies during proceedings)

Poulson, Gilbert, master of the Dolphin

Rogers, Mary (wife of William Rogers)

Rogers, William (husband of Mary Rogers)

Young, Samuel, Judge of the Admiralty Court of Maryland

Vessels

Dolphin (ship)

Description

Charter party dispute

Disposition

Reversed

Notes

Thomas Boardley (Bordley), the attorney for Poulson, dies during the proceedings. The appeal is revived against Boardley’s executor, William Hunt.

This is an extraordinarily complex litigation. It is understood only in part with the information from the APC. A detailed explanation, along with transcription of colonial court documents, can be found in Bond, Maryland Court of Appeals 1696–1729.

The printed case of the respondent in Forward is the only printed case located to date that is not signed. Subsequent to Forward, by order of March 10, 1731 (APC, v.3 [228] p.310), printed cases delivered to the Privy Council had to be signed by counsel.

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

Table of Cases (Forward v Poulson)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Forward)

Note

Not found

 
Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (Hunt)

Counsel

Not signed.

 
Library

Maryland Historical Society: Special Collections Reading Room – Rare Broadside 14

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

TNA Document Case of J. Forward, contractor for transporting felons. Two copies of Forward’s petition, one fuller than the other (the fuller copy) – Received 29 Oct. 1725 – PC 1/48/21 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [337] p.154

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TNA Document Case of J. Forward, contractor for transporting felons. Two copies of Forward’s petition, one fuller than the other (the shorter copy) – Received 29 Oct. 1725 – PC 1/48/21 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [337] p.154

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TNA Document Order of reference – 4 Nov. 1725 – PC 1/48/21 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [337] p.154

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TNA Document Petition of Forward, etc. – Read 10 Jan. 1728 – PC 1/48/24 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [397] p.193

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TNA Document Committee report – 29 Mar. 1729 – PC 1/48/25 view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC, v.6 [417] p.208

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