Appeals to the Privy Council
Report No. 13_1740_01

Rogers v Spalding

Virginia 

 

Case Name Short

Rogers v Spalding

 
Case Name Long

Sarah Rogers v Alexander Spalding

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.3 [487] p.668 – 31 January 1740 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.6 (1 October 1738 – 27 March 1740) p.546: PC 2/95/546

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APC Citation 

v.3 [487] p.668–669 – 10 July 1740 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.7 (1 April 1740 – 7 August 1741) p.110, 112–116, 155–156: PC 2/96/110, 112–116, 155–156

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Colonial Courts

General Court – 16 April 1739

Participants

Hume, George, Captain of the Guard at Whydah

Rogers, Sarah, spinster, of London (administratrix of her brother, William Whetstone Rogers)

Rogers, William Whetstone, esquire, a chief merchant of the Royal African Company (deceased brother of Sarah Rogers)

Spalding, Alexander

Stephens, Edward, a chief merchant of the Royal African Company

Description

Recovery of the value of effects of deceased brother

Disposition

Verdict and judgment set aside and appellant at liberty to proceed to another trial

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

Table of Cases (Rogers v Spalding)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (Rogers)

Counsel

[Signed] D. Ryder; C. Clarke

 
Library

Harvard University. Harvard Law School Library: Special Collections. Rare Trials (Includes manuscript notes)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (Spalding)

ESTC: N68544
Counsel

[Signed] J. Strange; W. Murray

 
Library

Harvard University. Harvard Law School Library: Special Collections. Rare Trials (Noted in ESTC? Yes.)

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

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Other Documents

Other Documents

The printed cases for appellant and respondent are also available in Gale’s Making of Modern Law: Trials under the name Rogers v Spalding. See also the entry in Barton, Virginia Colonial Decisions, 2:B81.