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(on command of one of A[??] ships of war is acceptable as evidence for
for the purpose of enforcing the bond, been used for prosecuting & perfidious.
This distinction is made
because under the 15th clause
the
Commander has
a direct
interest in procuring
a pecuniary interest in
a forfeiture, and under such
circumstances it would seem
that his evidence should
properly be given viva voce and subject to the usual test of cross
examination re
6. It must be confessed
that neither this Bond nor
other contrivance of
any
which we are
aware
will
furnish
a complete and
satisfactory remedy
of
preventing
the British Government from
controlling the transactions of Foreign
ships after they have left British waters, while it is not
impossible that the attempt to establish such a control may give rise to political questions of great difficulty and danger. This being the
case it
may be thought unadvisable to make the
attempt
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