Booty v Barnaby

Booty v Barnaby
Booty v Barnaby

Stromboli Eruption 100 m (Isole Eolie/Italia)
Court Court of King's Bench
Date decided 1687
Judge(s) sitting Herbert CJ
Keywords
Apparitional experience, Slander

Booty v. Barnaby is the name of a court case that lead from a supposed sighting of a ghost to an action for slander being brought by Mrs. Booty, widow of a man known as Old Booty, against Captain Barnaby, a neighbor of Booty's, for saying that he had seen her deceased husband, a brewer,[1] driven into Hell.

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Events

On May 12, 1687, Captains Spinks, Barnaby, Bristow and Brewer with Mr Ball, a merchant of Wentworth,[disambiguation needed ] went to go shooting on Stromboli.[2] Later, as they prepared to leave on the 15th, they saw two men running and Capt Barnaby cried out, "Lord bless me! the foremost man is Mr Booty my next door neighbour in London." He was in grey clothes with cloth buttons, and the man who was chasing him was dressed in black. They both ran into the mouth of the volcano and at instant there came a great noise. Capt Barnaby said "I do not doubt, but it is old Booty running into hell."

They arrived at Gravesend[disambiguation needed ] on October 6th. After some discourse, Capt Barnaby's wife said "I can tell you some news, old Booty is dead." He answered, "that we all know: we all saw him run into hell." Mrs Barnaby related this to an acquaintance in London, who informed Mrs Booty of it. Mrs Booty was very much displeased and went to court about it. The Judge asked Mrs Booty what time her husband died. She told them and it agreed with the time in which the Captain and his crew saw him running.[3]

Lord have mercy upon me, and grant I may never see what you have seen ; one, two or three may be mistaken, but thirty never can be mistaken.
—Herbert CJ

She lost her suit, based on the statements of thirty witnesses who were there and their journals.[4]

Distortions

Some later versions have Booty as a baker,[5] or a receiver.

The Idler published two illustrations concerning Mr. Booty by George Cruikshank in 1837.[5]

A poem titled "Old booty! : A serio-comic sailor's tale." was published in 1830 by William Thomas Moncrieff.[6]

Case details

In the records at Westminster, Court of King's Bench, Reign of James the Second, 1687

  • Defendant - Captain Barnaby
  • Complainant - Mrs. Booty

Resources

References

  1. ^ "Instances of Credulity in the XVIth century respecting Apparitions". The gentleman's magazine, and historical chronicle. 49. E. Cave. 1779. pp. 296–297. http://books.google.com/books?id=zXxIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA296. 
  2. ^ Later reports mention the island as Lessaria[1] and another called Shumbalon.
  3. ^ "Singular Account of Mr. Booty". The Telescope (William Burnett & Co.): p. 79. 1824. http://books.google.com/books?id=lGZGAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA79. Retrieved 5 December 2010. 
  4. ^ Dyer, Thomas Firminger Thiselton (1898). The ghost world. Ward & Downey. pp. 241–243. http://books.google.com/books?id=tOERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241. Retrieved 5 December 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "The Baker of Wapping". The Idler, and breakfast-table companion (George Denney.) 1: pp. 36–37. 1837. http://books.google.com/books?id=WGAJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA36. 
  6. ^ Moncrieff, W. T. (1830). Old booty! : A serio-comic sailor's tale.. Robert Cruikshank (illus.). London: William Kidd, 6, Old Bond Street. http://www.archive.org/details/oldbootyseriocom00monciala. 

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