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

And

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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

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