| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. 11_1765_02 |
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Rhode Island |
| Case Name Short |
Shearman v Cornell |
| Case Name Long |
Thomas Shearman v Gideon Cornell |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.4 [603] p.718 – 22 April 1765 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.4 (1 October 1764 – 27 August 1766) p.179: PC 2/111/179 |
| APC Citation | v.4 [603] p.718 – 26 June 1767 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George III v.5 (August 1766 – January 1768) p.315–317, 356: PC 2/112/315–317, 356 |
Colonial Courts |
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Unnamed – 21 May 1763 Superior Court – March 1764 |
Participants |
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Cornell, Gideon Nicholls, Benjamin Shearman, Ann (wife of Thomas Shearman) Shearman, Thomas of Portsmouth (husband of Ann Shearman) Wanton, Joseph |
Description |
Land in Newport, to which Bilder, Salamanders and Sons of God, p.506 n.3, adds the issue of paper currency and mortgage |
Disposition |
Reversed |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Shearman v Cornell) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case | Case of appellant (Shearman) |
| Counsel | [Signed] C. Yorke; Al. Forrester |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36220 f.115–116 (Includes manuscript notes) |
| Respondent’s case | Case of respondent (Cornell) |
| Note | Not found |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 10 June 1767 – PC 1/53/60 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [761] p.453–454 |