Appeals to the Privy Council

Report No. 08_1741_02

Pearse v Key

New York 

Case Name Short

Pearse v Key

Case Name Long

Capt. Vincent Pearse v John Key and Michael Hubbard

 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation 

v.3 [528] p.704 – 19 November 1741 – entry 1

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.14: PC 2/97/14

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APC Citation 

v.3 [528] p.704 – 23 March 1743 – entry 2

 
PC Register Citation 

George II v.8 (22 October 1741 – 29 September 1743) p.210, 259, 261, 305–308, 344–345: PC 2/97/210, 259, 261, 305–308, 344–345

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Colonial Courts

Court of King’s Bench

Participants

Hubbard, Michael

Key, John

Pearse, Capt. Vincent

Vessels

Canary Merchant (ship)

Description

Seizure and condemnation of the Canary Merchant (prize)

Disposition

Judgment reversed, writs of consultation issued, and Admiralty Court ordered to proceed in original cause

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

    Pearse v Cummyns – Report No. 08_1741_01 (APC, v.3 [527] p.703)

Both cases concern the same issue, to wit, whether the vessel seized was at the time “on the high seas or within the body of the city of New York.”

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

Table of Cases (Pearse v Key and Hubbard)


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Printed Cases

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

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