Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. JAM_1759_11

Beckford v Halked

Jamaica 

 

Case Name Long

William Beckford, Julinus Beckford, and Rose Fuller v Robert Halked, sen.

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [405] p.431–432 (12 Sept. 1759 – 11 July 1760)

 
  PC Register Citation

George II v.18 (2 May 1759 – 10 July 1760) p.48, 145, 418, 426–430, 442: PC 2/107/48, 145, 418, 426–430, 442

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Chancery – 17 Feb. 1759

 

Participants

Beckford, Julinus, appellant (executor of George Ellis)

 

Beckford, William, appellant (executor of George Ellis)

 

Ellis, George, sen., deceased

 

Fuller, Rose, formerly of Jamaica, now of Great Britain, appellant (executor of George Ellis)

 

Halked (Halhed), Richard, deceased (father, devisor and residuary devisor of Robert)

 

Halked (Halhed), Robert, sen., respondent (son, devisee, residuary devisee and administrator of Richard)

 

Description

Concerning land/payment.

Disposition

Decree reversed with directions for taking further accounts.

Notes

The appellants’ and respondent’s printed cases are summarized, with an additional footnote about George Ellis, in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:157 (view).


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (William Beckford, Rose Fuller, and Julines Beckford v Robert Halhed)

Counsel

C. Pratt; C. Yorke

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.72r–75v (Printed date on dorse 1760; includes manuscript notes.)

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Respondent’s case

Case of the respondent (William Beckford, Rose Fuller, and Julines Beckford v Robert Halhed)

Counsel

Tho. Sewell; Al. Forrester

 
Library

British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36218 f.76r–77v (Printed date on dorse 1760; no manuscript notes.)

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

 

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