| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. JAM_1748_06 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
James Barclay and John Knight v Frances Rigby and Robert Penny, as Attorney General | |
| Case Name Long |
James Barclay v Robert Penny, as Attorney General |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [92] p.69–70 (13 Oct. 1748 – 14 April 1752) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.12 (1 May 1748 – 29 March 1750) p.99: PC 2/101/99 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.13 (1 May 1750 – 30 March 1752) p.64, 535: PC 2/102/64, 535 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 Dec. 1753) p.6–12, 30–31: PC 2/103/6–12, 30–31 |
Colonial Courts |
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Supreme Court – Nov.1745 (Barclay v Penny) Court of Errors – 4 Aug. 1747 (Barclay v Penny) Chancery – 23 Nov. 1747 (Barclay v Rigby) |
Participants |
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Barclay, James, merchant, of Kingston, Jamaica, appellant (administrator of Samuel Walter) |
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Bowes, Joshua |
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Clarke, John (?husband of Susannah) |
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Clarke, Maynard |
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Clarke, Susannah (?wife of John) |
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Harris, Nicholas |
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Knight, James, esquire, deceased (father of John, attorney for Samuel Walter) |
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Knight, John, esquire, appellant (son and heir of James) |
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Mellin, Francis |
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Morse, Mr. [?John] |
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Penny, Robert, esquire, attorney general for Jamaica, respondent |
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Pestall, Alger (attorney for Samuel Walter) |
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Poole, Robert (attorney for Samuel Walter) |
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Rigby, Frances, spinster, respondent (executrix of James) |
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Rigby, James, esquire, deceased |
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Walter, Samuel, deceased |
Description |
Concerning debt and land. |
Disposition |
Judgments reversed and further proceedings ordered. |
Notes |
The respondent’s printed case lists both cases and describes Barclay v Penny as being “in error” (presumably analogous to a common-law writ of error) and Barclay and Knight v Rigby and Penny as being an appeal from an order of the Chancery Court [of Jamaica]. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Barclay v Rex) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (James Barclay and John Knight v Frances Rigby) |
| Counsel | A. Hume-Campbell |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1752; 17 March added by hand; no manuscript notes) |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (James Barclay v Robert Penny; James Barclay and John Knight v Frances Rigby and his Majesty’s Attorney-General) |
| Counsel | D. Ryder; W. Murray |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Printed date on dorse 1752; 17 March added by hand; no manuscript notes) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
Not found |