Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A140
Title
Court of Admiralty (Cape of Good Hope)
Date(s)
- 1798 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Extent94 leaves, folio itemForm of materialCourt records
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
These papers contain the document entitled "Copy of the whole proceedings on the trial of John Mills, Will. Guttridge, John Newberry and William Laws for piracy, held at the Government house on the 26th, 28th & 29th days of June and on the 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 6th days of July 1798. His Excellency George, Earl of Macartney, President of the Court".
Certified a true copy by George Rex, Crown Advocate. Mill, Newberry and Laws were sentenced to death by the Court.