but he is disposed
to defer to the opinion
...
this view is that it
not desirable to impose
on Officers of H. M.
Navy duties which
necessarily
require an
acquaintance
with legal form.
In cases where there is reason to apprehend that the Emigration papers required by the Act have been forged, fraudulently altered,
or
In Labouchere therefore thinks that officers may properly be instructed to make a full statement of the facts in a declaration as provided in
the 15th Section of the Act.
High Court is
for their consideration & for whether in
cases where no
emigration
papers whatever are
produced to the officers
searching a British passenger ship, where the passengers appear to be suffering from ill usage or neglect, Officers of
H. M. Ships may not properly be instructed to exercise the right
of seizure, since
in such cases
absence of shipping papers is a simple fact not admitting of legal doubt or question.