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| Appeals to the Privy Council from the Caribbean and Canadian Colonies |
| Report No. JAM_1751_05 |
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Jamaica |
| Case Name Long |
John Patten (revived by Richard Beckford, Forster March, Stephen Richard Redwood and Francis Hamilton) v Esther Nunes and later also William Aikenhead |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [154] p.131 (26 Sept. 1751 – 6 Aug. 1754) |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.13 (1 May 1750 – 30 March 1752) p.305–306: PC 2/102/305–306 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.14 (1 April 1752 – 31 Dec. 1753) p.357–358, 365–366: PC 2/103/357–358, 365–366 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.15 (1 Jan. 1754 – 31 Dec. 1755) p.41–42, 45, 182–199, 219: PC 2/104/41–42, 45, 182–199, 219 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 19 May and 25 Aug. 1750 |
Participants |
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Aikenhead, William, esquire, respondent |
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Beckford, Richard, esquire, appellant (executor of John Patten) |
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Bravo, Benjamin |
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Dawkins, Henry |
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Gordon, Samuel |
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Hamilton, Francis, merchant, appellant (executor of John Patten) |
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Kelly, Charles (husband of Sarah) |
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Kelly, Dennis |
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Kelly, Henry |
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Kelly, John, of St. Catherine parish, Jamaica (mortgagee of John Patten ?and ___ Risbee) |
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Kelly, Sarah (wife of Charles) |
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March, Forster, esquire, appellant (executor of John Patten) |
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Nunes (Nunez), Esther, respondent |
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Nunes (Nunez), Jacob, deceased |
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Patten, John, merchant, of St. Catherine parish, Jamaica, appellant, later deceased (mortgagor of John Kelly) |
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Price, Charles |
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Redwood, Stephen Richard, merchant, appellant (executor of John Patten) |
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Risbee, ___ |
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Thomas, Walter |
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Whitehorne, Samuel (husband of Sarah) |
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Whitehorne, Sarah (wife of Samuel) |
Description |
Concerning debt/mortgage. |
Disposition |
Decree affirmed with variations. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Beckford v Nunez and Aikenhead) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of the appellant (Richard Beckford, Forster March, Stephen Richard Redwood, and Francis Hamilton v Esther Nunes and William Aikenhead) |
| Counsel | Al. Forrester; K. Evans |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (Manuscript date on dorse 18 July 1754. Library markings on page 2; no other manuscript notes or underlining.) |
| Respondent’s case | Case of the respondent (William Aikenhead, styled as ‘By Revivor’) |
| Counsel | W. Murray; R. Harley (bis) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (The full style of the case is given at the top, but only Aikenhead’s name is mentioned as the respondent whose printed case this is. Printed date on dorse 1754; no manuscript notes.) |
| Library | Law Library of Congress: (Sir George Lee Collection) (The full style of the case is given at the top, but only Nunez’s name is mentioned as the respondent whose printed case this is. Printed date on dorse 1754; no manuscript notes.) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
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