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OIE

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

To en

Marmer

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