Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BAR_1709_04

Appeal of Lillingston

Barbados 

 

Case Name Long

Appeal of George Lillingston

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.2 [1088] p.601–602 (19 May 1709 – 26 Jan. 1710)

 
  PC Register Citation

Anne v.4 (5 March 1708 – 31 May 1710) p.321, 345–346, 394–395, 405, 418–419, 494, 517–518: PC 2/82/321, 345–346, 394–395, 405, 418–419, 494, 517–518

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Court of Grand Sessions

 

Participants

Grenville, Sir Bevil

 

Holt, Chief Justice [John]

 

Lillingston, George, appellant

 

Mackaskell, Norman, deputy clerk of the Crown

 

Walker, William

 

Description

Indictment concerning a pretended charge of high treason.

Disposition

Verdict of Dec. 1708 affirmed acquitting Walker, and order issued for stopping other proceedings in the matter.

Notes

Related to another Privy Council appeal:

Appeal of George Lillington – Report No. BAR_1705_02 (APC, v.2 [976] p.492–493).

Note the inconsistent spellings: Lillington and Lillingston. Lillington is the correct spelling.

Not indexed as an appeal by the APC.

 

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

Table of Cases (Lillington v Regina) (extensive discussion)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

 

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