| Appeals to the Privy Council |
Report No. 04_1720_00 |
Forward v Poulson (later Hunt) |
Maryland |
| Case Name Short |
Forward v Poulson (later Hunt) |
| Case Name Long |
Jonathan Forward v Gilbert Poulson (later William Hunt) |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.781 – 26 July 1720 – entry 1 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.454: PC 2/86/454 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.781 – 2 August 1720 – entry 2 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.459: PC 2/86/459 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.781 – 4 August 1720 – entry 3 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.2 (2 March 1717 – 25 August 1720) p.463–464: PC 2/86/463–464 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.781 – 21 February 1724 – entry 4 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.481: PC 2/88/481 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.781–782 – 21 February 1724 – entry 5 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.481: PC 2/88/481 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.782 – 17 April 1724 – entry 6 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.499: PC 2/88/499 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.782 – 30 April 1724 – entry 7 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.509–510: PC 2/88/509–510 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.782 – 21 May 1724 – entry 8 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.530: PC 2/88/530 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.782 – 12 June 1724 – entry 9 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.535: PC 2/88/535 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.782–783 – 24 June 1724 – entry 10 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.540–541: PC 2/88/540–541 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.783 – 4 July 1724 – entry 11 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.4 (1 June 1722 – 25 August 1724) p.563: PC 2/88/563 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.783 – 12 April 1725 – entry 12 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.49: PC 2/89/49 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.783 – 1 June 1725 – entry 13 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.73–74: PC 2/89/73–74 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.783–784 – 4 November 1725 – entry 14 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.121–122: PC 2/89/121–122 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.784 – 24 June 1726 – entry 15 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.240–241: PC 2/89/240–241 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.784 – 24 June 1726 – entry 16 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.241: PC 2/89/241–243 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.784 – 5 July 1726 – entry 17 |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (September 1724 – May 1727) p.251, 252: PC 2/89/251, 252 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.784–785 – 10 January 1728 – entry 18 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.207: PC 2/90/207 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.785 – 6 June 1728 – entry 19 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.308: PC 2/90/308 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.785 – 29 March 1729 – entry 20 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.472–474: PC 2/90/472–474 |
| APC Citation | v.2 [1339] p.785 – 10 April 1729 – entry 21 |
| PC Register Citation | George II v.1 (14 June 1727 – 22 May 1729) p.475–476: PC 2/90/475–476 |
Colonial Courts |
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Vice Admiralty Court – date of proceedings not stated Provincial Court – 20 September 1720 Maryland Court of Appeals and Errors – 7 May 1723 Court of Errors – 2 June 1726 (4 judgments in favor of Thomas Boardley) |
Participants |
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Baltimore, Lord Boardley (Bordley), Thomas (attorney, later deceased, for Gilbert Poulson) Calvert, Charles, Deputy Governor of Maryland Cockey, Thomas Forward, Jonathan, merchant, of London Gordon, Robert Hunt, William, merchant, of London (executor for Thomas Boardley, who dies during proceedings) Poulson, Gilbert, master of the Dolphin Rogers, Mary (wife of William Rogers) Rogers, William (husband of Mary Rogers) Young, Samuel, Judge of the Admiralty Court of Maryland |
Vessels |
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Dolphin (ship) |
Description |
Charter party dispute |
Disposition |
Reversed |
Notes |
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Thomas Boardley (Bordley), the attorney for Poulson, dies during the proceedings. The appeal is revived against Boardley’s executor, William Hunt. This is an extraordinarily complex litigation. It is understood only in part with the information from the APC. A detailed explanation, along with transcription of colonial court documents, can be found in Bond, Maryland Court of Appeals 1696–1729. The printed case of the respondent in Forward is the only printed case located to date that is not signed. Subsequent to Forward, by order of March 10, 1731 (APC, v.3 [228] p.310), printed cases delivered to the Privy Council had to be signed by counsel. |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Forward v Poulson) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Appellant’s case |
Case of the appellant (Forward) |
| Note | Not found |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (Hunt) |
| Counsel | Not signed. |
| Library | Maryland Historical Society: Special Collections Reading Room – Rare Broadside 14 |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Case of J. Forward, contractor for transporting felons. Two copies of Forward’s petition, one fuller than the other (the fuller copy) – Received 29 Oct. 1725 – PC 1/48/21 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [337] p.154 |
| TNA Document | Case of J. Forward, contractor for transporting felons. Two copies of Forward’s petition, one fuller than the other (the shorter copy) – Received 29 Oct. 1725 – PC 1/48/21 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [337] p.154 |
| TNA Document | Order of reference – 4 Nov. 1725 – PC 1/48/21 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [337] p.154 |
| TNA Document | Petition of Forward, etc. – Read 10 Jan. 1728 – PC 1/48/24 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [397] p.193 |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 29 Mar. 1729 – PC 1/48/25 | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC, v.6 [417] p.208 |