Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 05_1774_00

Wentworth v Bowdoin

Massachusetts 

 

Case Name Short

Wentworth v Bowdoin

 
Case Name Long

John Wentworth v James Bowdoin and William Bowdoin, James Pitt, Silvester Gardiner and Benjamin Hallowell

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.5 [304] p.400–401 – 14 September 1774 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George III v.11 (May 1774 – May 1775) p.213–214: PC 2/118/213–214

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PC Register Citation 

George III v.12 (June 1775 – May 1776) p.34–35: PC 2/119/34–35

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Colonial Courts

Vice Admiralty – 3 May 1773

Participants

Bowdoin, James

Bowdoin, William

Gardiner, Silvester

Hallowell, Benjamin

Pitts, James

Wentworth, John, Surveyor General of H. M. woods in North America

Description

Forfeiture of logs seized in Kennebec River

Disposition

Not stated in Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

Notes

Smith lists no appeals from the Vice Admiralty Court in Massachusetts to the Privy Council. We have chosen to include this entry pending further investigation.


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