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Mr Overbeck's argument
is in short simply this
that Anta
Prussian Man
斥
war in our waters is im
ver respect Prussian ground and consequently beyond the limits of British jurisdiction. That there was
therefore
no third party to the case as supposed by the local
Government, and consequently there could have been
no breach of
law or
international
Courtesy.
Upon this the acting
Law officer observed – Unless
the local Government
are going to concede the whole
question
without
a
reference home
to me
appears to
be
inevitable. If the Prussian
position is correct it goes
to this that an
Prussian Man-of-war is
in every respect Prussian
ground, and therefore that
a murder committed by
some
one
not a
Prussian
subject and not belonging to the crew of a
Prussian