With H. Cmy Lepotation ) Jurisdiction) when read in connection with $1 of 12 & 213 Vect. $1 of the Act Cap. enable the court to try foreigners who have committed on the high seas acts which are piracy by the Law of Nations, and British subjects who have committed on the high seas acts which are piracy by British Law.
2 Is there ground for doubting whether the local Legislature can in these cases dispense with English Jury?
3 Can the onus of proving innocence be properly thrown on the accused person under the circumstances described in art. 5, 627 of sect. 7?
4 Does the nature of the case and of the population affected justify the application of the punishments described in art. 7 of $1 18 & 19 Vict.?
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