AG:
"Receipt of Branch of Mussican 'Vessels, and acquittal
the
"Statutory of any nation to take
"
pm an American Ship
CA
A
"American Citizen belonging." The Ship without the
"Jurisdiction
"of
a clearance
to
the American Consul/Collector
Unless a complaint has been
'malicious
"made that a Capital Offence
A
"has been committed
and
a warrant:
"then only upon" of a proper character.
n
And
And in a letter to Mr. Whe
hi
154
Bouring of the 21st of November, Commodore Abbott, commanding the American Squadron on that Station, says the jurisdiction
"of British Courts over American Ships even
"in a British Port for matters
"affecting
the
"behaviour of
the
"Ship, its discipline &c.
*For these purposes wherever the American Flag floats" it carries American jurisdiction.
And