Caribbean Appeals, Printed Cases

Brief List of Printed Cases from Caribbean Colonies
Found in Three Collections
The following cases are found in the Hardwicke Papers at the British Library, the Sir
George Lee collection at Law Library of Congress, and the William Samuel Johnson
collection at Diamond Law Library at Columbia University
The Hardwicke cases appear here in the order in which they appear in the bound volumes
of Additional Manuscripts. Call numbers for Hardwicke materials indicate the first page
on which the printed cases begin. Hardwicke Papers cases have been transcribed for the
Division of Manuscripts at the Library of Congress. The Lee collection at the Law
Library of Congress also contains printed cases related to James Barclay that are not
listed here. The location of Columbia University materials is indicated as follows:
Treasure – Johnson 1770m and 2nd Fl. Microfilm Cabinet.
ANTIGUA
British Library
 Nathaniel Carpenter v Amy Parry by Henry Lyons – Jan.14, 1731 – appellant and respondent –
Add Mss 36216 f.53
 Robert Martin v Edward Horne Forest – Nov. 5, 1734 – appellant – Add Mss 36216 f.83
 John Dunbar v Harry Webb, present Attorney General of the Leeward Islands – Feb. 6 or 10, 1753
– appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36217 f.34
 John Payne v William Abdy – June 10, 1767 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36220 f.142
Law Library of Congress
 Edward Otto Bayar v Thomas Warner – 1753 – appellant
 John Dunbar v Thomas Shepard et ux – 1753 – respondent
 John Dunbar v Harry Webb – 1753 – appellant and respondent
 Richard Kirwan v Charles Alexander – 1754 – appellant and respondent
 Robert Davis v William Warner – 1758 – appellant and respondent
Diamond Law Library. Columbia University
 John Payne v William Abdy – 1767 – appellant
 Thomas Coursey v Thomas Underwood – 1769 – appellant
BARBADOS
British Library
 Isaac and Abraham Mendez v William Rees Battyn by Edward Jordan – July 25, 1722 – appellant
– Add Mss – 36216 f.8
 William Moore v Francis Ford – July 4, 1726 – respondent – This appeal is not printed but in
manuscript. – Add Mss 36216 f.19
 Richard Morris v Isaac LeGay – March 18, 1730 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36216
f.24
 Samuel Adams v William Sturge – July 8, 1757 – appellant – Add Mss 36217 f.172
 George Augustus Selwyn v John Murray – Feb. 5, 1761 – appellant – Add Mss 36218 f.90
 John Stone v Joseph Maynard – 1762 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36218 f.166
 Thomas Suleven v Reynold Skeete – 1764 – appellant and respondent (Respondent’s printed case
notes appellant as Thomas Sullivan.) and also a copy of the respondent’s case in manuscript – Add
Mss 36219 f.140
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Francis Grant v William Singleton – June 10, 1767 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36220
f.135
John Carter v Catherine Sims – Jan. 30, 1769 – appellant with appendix and respondent with
appendix (Respondent’s printed case spells Katherine with a K.) – Add Mss 36220 f.183
Law Library of Congress
 Elliot Saer v Benjamin Charnock – 1752 – appellant and respondent
 Gedney Clarke v Richard Smith – 1753 – appellant and respondent and appendix (2 copies of the
materials of the respondent)
 John Stone et ux v Peter Chapman – 1755 – appellant (2 copies)
 Samuel Adams v William Sturge – 1757 – appellant and respondent
Diamond Law Library. Columbia University
 John Carter v Katherine Sims – 176_ – appellant with appendix and respondent with appendix
 Francis Grant v William Singleton – 1767 – respondent (2 copies)
DOMINIQUE
British Library
 Anthony Colombier v Thomas Knowler; William Woodbridge v Thomas Knowler; Joseph and
Henry Guinand v Thomas Knowler; Victor McNelly v Thomas Knowler – 1766 – 4 printed cases
of the appellants with appendixes and respondent’s printed case with manuscript “Observations”
(Respondent’s printed case reads Anthony Colombier, Victor McNelly, Joseph and Henry
Guinand and William Woodbridge v Thomas Knowler) – Add Mss 36220 f.80 (The case was first
tried in the Vice-Admiralty Court in Antigua; the ship was seized in Dominique, as is reflected on
the printed case.)
GRENADA
British Library
 David Inglis v Richard Burke – June 1767 – appellant and respondent with appendix of respondent
– Add Mss 36220 f.148
Diamond Law Library. Columbia University
 David Inglis v Richard Burke – 1767 – respondent with appendix
 Michael Scott et ux v James Brebner – 1770 – appellant
JAMAICA
British Library
 John Humphrey v Samuel Smith – March 27, 1734 – appellant – Add Mss 36216 f.81
 John Lewis v Samuel Smith – Nov. 1736 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 37216 f.90
 Thomas Bontein v Edward Trelawny – 1753 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36217 f.25
 Joseph Williams v Hannah Beecher – March 22, 1757 – appellant and respondent (On
respondent’s printed case, the respondent is William Jenkins and Hannah his wife, late Hannah
Beecher.) – Add Mss 36217 f.123
 James Barclay v Daniel Munro – March 25, 1757 – appellant and respondent (Spelling is Monro
on respondent’s printed case.) – Add Mss 36217 f.132
 Thomas Powell v Elizabeth Hughes – appellant and respondent plus appendix of accounts – April
1, 1757 – Add Mss 36217 f.139
 Andrew Arcedeckne v Thomas Hall – appellant – Feb. 9, 1758 (and manuscript petition of appeal
and proceedings under seal from Jamaica) – Add Mss 36217 f.185
 John Spooner v John Cossley – appellant and respondent – March 6, 1758 – Add Mss 36217 f.208
 The controversy at Add Mss 36217 f.210 and following (June 22, 1758) includes three printed
cases with variant spellings, as indicated.
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The first is Margaret Blancan and Dominick Larralde v Robert Foster, James Spagg and Martha
his wife, executors of William Foster, and Augustine Dupouy [and] James Spagg and Martha his
wife v Augustin Dupouy, together on one printed case – the case of the appellant (Blancan) –
f.210
The second printed case is William Foster v Augustine Dupoy – case of the respondent. Foster
died after the case was printed, but the case was revived. – f.212
The third printed case is that of the appellant in Spagg v Dupouy. Spagg was the executor for
Foster. – f.216
Hannah Blake v Alexander Paterson – March 8, 1759 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss
36218 f.11
John Bell v William Perrin – March 15, 1759 – appellant and respondent with supplementary
manuscript material – Add Mss 36218 f.17
Zachery Bayly v Rev. John Poole – July 7, 1760 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36218 f.40
Samuel Adams v John Nimbhard – 1760 – appellant and respondent (Respondent’s name on his
printed case is Nembhard.) – Add Mss 36218 f.64
William Beckford v Robert Halked – 1760 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36218 f.72
Joseph Weatherby v Andrew Raitt – appellant and respondent – Jan. 20, 1761 (Date on
respondent’s case is 1760.) – Add Mss 36218 f.86
Edmund Hyde v Foster March – 1761 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36218 f.92
Samuel Ranshin v David Dove – 1760 or 1761 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36218 f.105
Zachary Bayly v Peter Furnell – 1761 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36218 f.113
Francis Delap v Samuel Lindsey – June 29, 1761 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36218
f.121
John Burn v Julia Cole – March 16, 1762 – appellant – Add Mss 36218 f.144
Sir John Molesworth v Thomas Fearon – April 6, 1762 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss
36218 f.154
Thomas Peters v John Bourke – April 6, 1762 – appellant and respondent (Respondent’s name is
spelled Burke in the respondent’s printed case.) – Add Mss 36218 f.161
Zachary Bayly v Thomas Jackson – 1762 – appellant – Add Mss 36218 f.207
Richard Crosse v Michael Atkins – 1763 – appellant and respondent (Respondent is the Attorney
General of Jamaica on the respondent’s printed case.) with supplementary manuscript
“Observations” – Add Mss 36218 f.209
Augustine Dupoy v Dominick Laralde and Margaret Blancau – 1764 – appellant (2 copies) and
respondent – Add Mss 36219 f.94
Collin McKenzie v Dally Jackson Woodhouse – July 1764 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss
36219 f.110
Zachary Bayly v Thomas Jackson – 1765 – appellant and respondent (Note also the 1762 action:
Yorke is on the first action alone and in 1765 he is joined by DeGrey. The printed cases begin the
same. They have not been compared throughout to determine their relationship. There are also
manuscript “Observations.”) – Add Mss 36219 f.154
William Beckford v Samuel Jeake – 1765 – appellant and respondent with printed appendix to the
appellant’s case and much supplementary manuscript material – Add Mss 36219 f.168
Mark Hall v George Anderson – July 1765 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36219 f.210
Henry Israel v His Majesty’s Advocate General at the relation of William Donaldson, Collector of
the Customs – 1765 – appellant (also in manuscript) and respondent with a printed appendix to the
respondent’s case (Respondent’s printed case records parties as Henry Israel Junior v James Innes,
his Majesty’s Advocate General for Jamaica.) – Add Mss 36219 f.217
John Doe on the demise of William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake – 1765 –
appellant and respondent (Respondent’s printed case lists the parties as William Perrin and
Thomas Vaughan v Hannah Blake.) – Add Mss 36219 f.236
Zachary Bayly v James Ord – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36219 f.244
Zachary Bayly v the Attorney General of Jamaica – 1765 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss
36219 f.256
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Thomas Peters v John Bourke – April 6, 1762/1765 – appellant (2 copies) and respondent
(Respondent’s name is spelled Burke on the respondent’s printed case.) - Add Mss 36219 f.261
Jasper Hall v Malcolm Laing – 1767 – appellant and respondent with supplementary manuscript
material – Add Mss 36220 f.163
William Pusey v Sir Simon Clarke – March 1769 – appellant and respondent (Respondent’s
printed case gives name of appellant as John Pusey.) – Add Mss 36220 f.205
John Millward v John Lindsay – Jan. 30, 1769 – appellant and respondent (Respondent’s printed
case gives name of respondent as the Reverend John Lindsay.) – Add Mss 36220 f.210
Law Library of Congress
 Edward Pratter v Richard Basnett – 1733 – appellant
 Dorothy Stout v James Stout – 1739 – appellant and respondent
 Norwood Witter v John Doe the lessee of John Sharpe, William Perrin and Thomas Vaughan –
1752 – respondent
 James Lawrence v John Wilson – 1752 – respondent
 Samuel Jackson v David Olyphant – 1753 – appellant
 John Garrioche v James Uniacke - 1753 – appellant and respondent (2 copies of each)
 Richard Beckford v Esther Nunes and William Aikenhead – 1754 – appellant and respondent for
both respondents
 Zachary Bayly v George Smith – 1756 – appellant and respondent
 Samuel Gordon v Anna Margaretta Hill – 1756 – appellant
 Charles Price v John Bonner – 1757 – appellant and respondent (may have appendix)
 Joseph Williams v Hannah Beecher – 1757 – appellant and respondent
 Thomas Powell v Elizabeth Hughes – 1757 – respondent (may have appendix)
 Andrew Arcedeckne v Thomas Hall – 1758 – appellant and respondent
 John Spooner v John Cosley – 1758 – appellant and respondent
 Margaret Blancau v Augustine Dupoy – 1758 – respondent
 William Foster v Augustine Dupoy – 1758 – respondent
Diamond Law Library. Columbia University
 Mary Hardyman v George Goodin – 17__ – respondent
 John Millward v Rev. John Lindsay et ux – 176_ – respondent
 Aaron Baruch Lousada v Edward Woolery – 1769 – respondent
 Peter Furnell v John Ashburne – 1769 – appellant with appendix
 Hutchison Mure v John Palmer et ux – no date – appellant, and – 1769 – respondent
 James Mackqueen v Simon Taylor – 177_– respondent
 George Richards v Samuel Alpress – 1771 – respondent
MONTSERRAT
British Library
 Walter Tullideph v Bethia Symes – July 1768 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36220 f.193
Diamond Law Library. Columbia University
 William Tullideph v Bethia Symes – 1768 – appellant
 George Scandret v Michael White – 1771 or 1770 – respondent
NEVIS
British Library
 Andrew Denn v Horatio Herbert, Deputy Collector of the Customs – 1760 – appellant and
respondent (Respondent’s printed case records appellants as John Cort; John Denn on behalf of
himself; and Andrew Denn and Richard Denn, owners of the schooner called the Nelly.) – Add
Mss 36218 f.78
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David Chollett v Alexander Mackay – March 16, 1762 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss
36218 f.133
ST. CHRISTOPHER
British Library
 William Wells v Richard Wilson – Jan. 11, 1757 – appellant (with the will of Nicholas Taylor as
appendix) and respondent with manuscript supplementation – Add Mss 36217 f.103
 Jackson Browne v Henry Sharpe – May 19, 1757 – appellant and respondent – Add Mss 36217
f.152
 William Coleman v Thomas Truman and between Thomas Truman v William Coleman – 1768 –
appellant (Coleman) and respondent (Truman) (Respondent’s printed case gives name as
Trueman.) Add Mss 36220 f.199
Law Library of Congress
 August Boyde v John Johnson – 1738 – appellant
 John Mills v George Bryan – 1755 – appellant and respondent
 William Wells et ux v Richard Wilson – 1756 – appellant and respondent (3 copies of appellant; 2
copies of respondent; one copy of relevant will)
 Jackson Browne v Henry Sharpe – 1757 – appellant and respondent