Colonial Cases
Zanzibar (and East Africa)
Last reviewed March 2014.
The following cases are from the William Perkins Collection GB65-0370, No. 1/1, Volume of Constantinople Consular Court Printed Judgments, 1864-1911, by kind permission of the Archivist, Middle East Centre Archive, St. Anthony's College, Oxford.
Secretary of State v. Charlesworth, 1901 [compulsory purchase of land - eminent domain]
Stanley v Tippoo Tib, 1889 [breach of contract - exploration of Africa]
The following were transcribed from newspaper reports. Like the above, most of these were selected, edited and transcribed by Peter Bullock.
Abdullah v. Hamis, 1898 [slavery]
Mohamed v. Pereira and Salim, 1898 [land law]
Muslim v. De Souza, 1898 [land law]
Slavery, 1846
Slavery, 1892 [slavery]