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preferred by the Commander
"the "Elbe" either with the
of the
American Consul or the Local
authorities, agreably to a rule of the law of nations no
qual referral could have been
given, after a full examination
of the
case should have established the identity of the individual. The
adoption of such a course
was in this instance unnecessary,
as
the
[individual] voluntarily placed himself within the reach of Prussian jurisdiction, and the Commander did what
courtesy demanded of him
and under the circumstances could be expected, viz.
to report frankly the whole occurrence to the Master of the Sancho Panza, whom alone at that time the matter concerned, and which
therefore might have been deemed sufficient. If the Master, not satisfied with the treatment he had received, chose to seek redress for apparent
wrongs through the instrumentality of his
Consul and the aid of the