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when read in connection with
sections 1,82
Cap: 96.,
of the 12th & 13th Vict
and also with section 5
of the
20th and 29th Vict: cap: 63
will not, in our
opinion, enable
the Court to try foreigners who have committed on the high
seas acts which
are
by the Law of Nations
Piracy
British
who have committed
on the high seas acts which are
by
British Laws.
The 12th and 13th Vict:
cap. 96. does not enlarge jurisdiction of the Colonial Court for all purposes but
Special
only.
in the
cases and in the particular
powers there prescribed And in con opcision the 28th and 29 Vict: cap 63. does not by enabling Local Legislat
Lequstatures
to
establish Courts within them
ition suable them to
jurisdiction
Establish a Court of Admiralty to try offences in the High Seas. Such
offences
would
still be triable
only
under the
provisions of 12. & 13 Vict: Cap 96.
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2. That in our
the
opinion
to
Local Legislature the clauses referred to
slature cannot in
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