Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. BER_1766_00

Furlong v Smith

Bermuda 

 

Case Name Long

Lawrence Furlong v Thomas Smith and John Slater

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [657] p.768 (2 July 1766 – 5 Aug. 1766)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.4 (1 Oct. 1764 – 27 Aug. 1766) p.687, 695, 705–706: PC 2/111/687, 695, 705–706

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  PC Register Citation

George III v.5 (Aug. 1766 – Jan. 1768) p.5, 21, 338: PC 2/112/5, 21, 338

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Vice Admiralty Court – 20 Feb. 1765

 

Participants

Furlong, Lawrence, former master of the Newbury, appellant

 

Slater, John, attorney general, respondent

 

Smith, Thomas, collector of customs, respondent

 

Stone, Daniel, of Lawrence Pountenay Lane (London) (attorney for Thomas Smith)

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Newbury (ship)

 

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

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

Notes

Petitioner had been granted an appeal to the Lords Commissioners for Prize Appeals (Smith, p.186) by mistake before being advised that the proper jurisdiction was his Majesty in Council.

 

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

Table of Cases (Furlong v Smith)


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

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

 

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