| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. JAM_1779_01 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
Rev. Dr. John and Grace Lindsay v Dr. Charles Wake and William Mathew Burt | |
| Case Name Long |
Humphrey Sturt and William Beckford v Dr. Charles Wake, William Mathew Burt, and William Beckford |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.5 [367] p.472 (19 March 1779 – 18 May 1781) |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.16 (Oct. 1778 – June 1779) p.326–327: PC 2/123/326–327 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.17 (July 1779 – Feb. 1780) p.61, 542, 571–572: PC 2/124/61–62, 542, 571–572 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.19 (Jan. 1781 – Sept. 1781) p.76–84, 345–346: PC 2/126/76–84, 345–346 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 19 Feb. 1778 Chancellor – 19 and 20 May 1778 |
Participants |
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Beckford, William (1), deceased (father of William [2]) |
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Beckford, William (2), infant, appellant (son of William [1]) |
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Booth, Grace – see Lindsay, Grace |
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Booth, Norwood, presumed deceased (husband of Grace [now Grace Lindsay]) |
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Burt, William Mathew, respondent (executor of William Beckford [1]) |
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Gale, Grace – see Lindsay, Grace |
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Gale, Jonathan, presumed deceased (husband of Grace [now Grace Lindsay]) |
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Gardner, Grace – see Lindsay, Grace |
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Gardner, John, deceased |
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Gardner, Thomas, deceased (husband of Grace [now Grace Lindsay]) |
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Gibbons, Sir John, respondent, later deceased (executor of William Beckford [1]) |
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Lewing, Richard |
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Lewis, James |
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Lindsay (née Pusey, formerly Gardner; Gale; Booth), Grace, appellant (wife of John, widow of Thomas Gardner, presumed widow of Jonathan Gale and of Norwood Booth, daughter of John Pusey) |
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Lindsay, Rev. Dr. John, appellant (husband of Grace) |
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May, Rose Herring |
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Millward, John |
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Penoyre, Thomas |
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Pusey, Grace – see Lindsay, Grace |
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Pusey, John (father of Grace [now Grace Lindsay]) |
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Sturt, Humphrey, appellant |
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Wake, Dr. Charles, respondent (executor of William Beckford [1]) |
Description |
Not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series. |
Disposition |
Latter appeal dismissed with costs for non-prosecution. |
Notes |
Related to another Privy Council appeal: The documents in APC v.6 are entitled Lindsay v Gibbons. The information about Gibbons in the Participants list is derived from the PC 1 documents. That John Gardner is deceased is documented in PC 1/56/79. |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Petition of appeal (Lindsay v Gibbons) – 18 Feb. 1779 (PC 1/56/79) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [978] p.575 |
| TNA Document | Order of reference – 19 March 1779 (PC 1/56/79) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [978] p.575 |
| TNA Document | Draft of report – undated (PC 1/56/79) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [978] p.575. The images in AALT also contain the dorse of the order of reference, apparently to give a date to the document that is otherwise undated. A modern hand has added on the dorse of the undated draft: “Draft of report 3/2/81.” The source of this date is unclear |
| TNA Document | Order – 18 May 1781 (PC 1/57/81) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [1010] p.589 |