beyond these
to
exercise beyond
Colonial Waters, (1) those
powers which a Colonial
police vessel
Could
exercise within these
waters
(2)
powers which
A
those
vessel
of the Royal Navy
could exercise
high Seas.
On
These general questions
the
issues
appear to resolve themselves
into the following -
Whether such a
craft
of
war
I have described
beyond the limits of
Colonial waters seize
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bring into the
Colony for trial before
Colonial Courts
1. British subjects
involved
concerned within the Colony
offences against
British
(i.e. Colonial) Law.
2. British subjects
vessels
Concerned
beyond the Colony in Offences against the Law of Nations (say Piracy)
or the Laws
of British Empire (say
a
Slave trade) such
offences being triable by
some Court within the Colony