Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. ANT_1728_00

Byam v Gilbert

Antigua 

 

Case Name Long

William Byam v Nathaniel Gilbert

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.3 [141] p.182 (10 Jan. 1728 – 15 Feb. 1728)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.206, 212, 227: PC 2/90/206, 212, 227

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Governor and Council as a Court of Errors –22 July 1726

 

Participants

Byam, William, esquire, appellant

 

Gilbert, Nathaniel, merchant, respondent

 

Howey, James (1), deceased (father of Thomas and James [2])

 

Howey, James (2) (son of James [1])

 

Howey, Thomas (son of James [1])

 

Phillips, Samuel

 

Description

Not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series.

Disposition

Appeal dismissed with costs for non-prosecution.

Notes

Participants not mentioned in the APC were added here for clarity. Information about these participants was obtained from related primary and other sources.

 

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

Table of Cases (Byam v Gilbert)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Petition and Order of reference (Gilbert v Byam) – 10 Jan. 1728 (PC 1/48/24) view_Document
Notes about
Document
Referenced in APC v.6 [396] p.193.

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