945864
- TitleExamination of George Norton, B.I. Festen, Richard Bury and I.H. Matthewman at a court held at Huahine, Society Islands, 7 February 1842
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- Call numberDLMSQ 538
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
7 February 1842 - Type of material
- Reference code945864
- Physical Description1 folder of textual material (1 item) - manuscript - 35 cm.
- Scope and ContentInvestigation by a court composed of the supreme judges and chiefs of Huahine into the affairs of the brigantine, Hannah, of Sydney. Includes depositions re the charges against George Norton, late master of the Hannah, for fraud and barratry, B.I. Feston, Supercargo on the Hannah, for fraud and embezzlement, Richard Bury, clerk to Norton and Festen, for fraud and breach of trust, and I.H. Matthewman, mother of Bury, as an accessory.
Some of the depositions are in Tahitian with English translations.
Certified by Charles Burnet Wilson, British consul in the Society and Friendly Isles. - Description source
Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012. - General note
Duplicate is held by the Mitchell Library in the Tahiti British Consultate Papers at MLMSS 24/17. - Name
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