Abstract

VAN NIEKERK, JP. Judge John Holland and the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Cape of Good Hope, 1797-1803: some introductory and biographical notes (part 1). Fundamina (Pretoria) [online]. 2017, vol.23, n.2, pp.176-210. ISSN 2411-7870.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-7870/2017/v23n2a8.

A British Vice-Admiralty Court operated at the Cape of Good Hope from 1797 until 1803. It determined both Prize causes and (a few) Instance causes. This Court, headed by a single judge, should be distinguished from the ad hoc Piracy Court, comprised of seven members of which the Admiralty judge was one, which sat twice during this period, and also from the occasional naval courts martial which were called at the Cape. The Vice-Admiralty Court's judge, John Holland, and its main officials and practitioners were sent out from Britain.

Keywords : Vice-Admiralty Court; Cape of Good Hope; First British Occupation of the Cape; jurisdiction; Piracy Court; naval courts martial; Judge John Holland; other officials; practitioners and support staff of the Vice-Admiralty Court.

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