Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. NOV_1762_00

Major v Newton

Nova Scotia 

 

Case Name Long

James Major, James Le Roy, and Nicholas Le Mesurier, for James and John Le Roy v Henry Newton and Thomas Burnet

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.4 [482] p.540–543 (2 June 1762 – 16 March 1763)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.2 (1 Jan. 1762 – 30 April 1763) p.250, 446, 523–526, 535: PC 2/109/250, 446, 523–526, 535

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Vice Admiralty Court at Halifax – 23 Sept. 1761

 

Participants

Burnet (Burnett), Capt. Thomas, captain of the Rochester, respondent

 

Forbes, George, master of the Rochester

 

Le Mesurier, Nicholas, formerly master of the Two Brothers, appellant

 

Le Roy, James, merchant, of Guernsey, owner of the Two Brothers, appellant (?brother of John)

 

Le Roy, John, owner of the Two Brothers, appellant (?brother of James)

 

Major, James, of Guernsey, appellant

 

Murray, General ___

 

Newton, Henry, respondent

 

Wynne, John, of the Dolphin

 
 

Vessels

 
 

Dolphin (sloop)

 
 

Rochester (man of war)

 
 

Two Brothers (snow)

 

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

Sentence reversed.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Not found

 

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

 
TNA Document Report and Order in Council – 12 and 16 March 1763 (PC 1/59/5/1) view_Document
Catalogued as

Nova Scotia, Canada: Appeal of Major v Newton

 
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Catalogued by The National Archives at Kew.