aspend any
National character,
That an American officer who has captured some of the suffersed Criminals desires that they should be tried by the Supreme Court at Hong Kong, But as the Soigure of the Ship and Murder of the affected by Subjects of a Foreign Power, and under a Foreign Hay it appea very doubtful whether this can he That the Acting Alloway General of the Colony is of opinion on the
Crews was
Houl
es stated
the grounds sta
Cofey .
in
in his Letter / of which annexed / that it can, But on a point of so much delicacy and importance he is desirous of acting will the sanction of the Son officers of the Crown in this Country.
The.
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That the Questions, therefore, which our ofanion is requested are
Fird, whother any British Authority
Could consiste.
consistently, with the Law of Nations take cognizance of such a Case as that
above described.
and Sece
Secondly, whether the staprom Court at Hong Kong possesses that authority, That on the first of these Questions
appears
us with
it offerers and refsary to trouble airidh cossary observations. That on the Se conditis
day
desirable to informe ve
that the
Sozislature
of Hong Kong is by the Governors Commission
(from which an authorized.
Extract is annexed /
to make such Laws and
may be required for the
Ordinances as su
peace;
order and
good government of the
Ertery
3 that