Appeals to the Privy Council from the
Caribbean and Canadian Colonies
Report No. NOV_1769_00

Wilson v Nesbitt

Nova Scotia 

 

Case Name Long

John Wilson v William Nesbitt and Thomas Francis

 
 

Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series

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APC Citation  

v.5 [114] p.194 (3 May 1769 – 5 Jan. 1770)

 
  PC Register Citation

George III v.7 (May 1769 – Dec. 1770) p.12, 83, 181, 200: PC 2/114/12, 83, 181, 200

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Colonial Courts

 
 

Vice Admiralty Court – 29 June 1761

 

Participants

Carlisle, William

 

Clopper, Peter

 

Francis, Thomas, commander of HMS Greyhound, respondent

 

Lefforts, Jacobus

 

Nesbitt (Nesbit), William, advocate general, respondent

 

Sacket (Sackett), James

 

Van Ranst, Luke

 

Welsh (Welch), Francis

 

Wilson, John, mariner and attorney, of New York, appellant (attorney for Luke Van Ranst, Francis Welsh, James Sacket, Jacobus Lefforts, Peter Clopper, William Carlisle, et al.)

 
 

Vessels

 
 

HMS Greyhound

 
 

Polly (brigantine)

 

Description

Condemnation.

Disposition

Judgment reversed.


DOCUMENTATION

Printed Cases

Appellant’s case

Case of the appellant (John Wilson v William Nesbit)

Counsel

William De Grey

 
Library

Columbia University Law Library: (William Samuel Johnson Collection) Treasure – Johnson 1770m and Microfilm – AA70 (Printed date on dorse 1769 with manuscript note: “Judg’t Reversed.” No other manuscript notes.)

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

 

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