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t Britain. 6. To the Sixth she said that she only knows Antonio Correa, whose Employ is that of a Mariner, but is Ignorant what Voyage he made in the year and at the time mentioned or in what Vessel. 7. To this she said that she knows nothing of what is Contained in this Enquiry. 8. To the Eighth she said that she neither Expects nor has any Interest from the Decission of this Cause and that what she has Declared is the Truth of which she has given Oath, being Dated. That she is thirty six years of Age. to which she Signs her Name and His Honour has placed his Rubric. ISABEL DE VERROA. Before me JUANFERN'O DEL VALLE. Not'y Pub. _195. Reversal of Sentence by Appellate Court. December 19, 1760._[1] [Footnote 1: This document appears, substantially the same, in Sir William Burrell's report in Marsden, _op. cit._ (see doc. no. 184, note 1), p. 185. Ybanez having appealed from Judge Morris's decree, the case came at last before the Lords Commissioners for Appeals in Prize Causes. Their names are given in the heading. Granville, earlier known as Carteret, was lord president of the council from 1750 to 1763, Kinnoull chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster 1760-1762, Mansfield chief justice 1756-1788. Cholmondeley and Falmouth were lieutenant-generals. Nugent and Ellis were vice-treasurers for Ireland and members of Parliament. All these commissioners were privy councillors, all were politicians, none but Mansfield was a lawyer, though the wide range of Granville's learning embraced a considerable knowledge of the law.] Extracted from the Registry of his Majestys high Court of Appeals for Prizes. _Friday_ the Nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty, before the Right Honourable John Earl Granville, Lord President of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, George Earl Cholmondeley, Thomas Earl of Kinnoul, Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster, Hugh Viscount Falmouth, John Lord Berkely of Stratton, Samuel Lord Sandys, William Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Kings Bench, Robert Neugent Esquire and Wellbore Ellis Esquire, Commissioners (among others) of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council for the Receiving, Hearing and Determining of all Causes of appeals as to Prizes, in the Privy Council Chamber at White hall in the Presence of Nathanuel Bishop, Notary Publick, Deputy Register of the said Court. _La Virgin del Ro
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