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being brought
there by stress of weather, legitimate fear of Pirates, & other circumstances which
rendered her resort or entrance
necessary for her safety
and that of
those on board. But
the Chinese Government are
in the first instance
the judges of the sufficiency and value of the proofs advanced.
And it is not enough to set
up any of these pleas, but
there must be reasonable
evidence to support them;
such evidence in proof
would be accepted in a
British Court of
Authorities are
and contest the
measure.
If British
to intervene
the legality of
the right of confiscation
The simple assertion or averation
of the parties implicated that
they
four miles up a
Non-Treaty
Port with
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unlawful intention,
but either looking for
a
designated
or
junk of doubtful existence driven there by fear of Pirates
would certainly not come
under
this head. Some
good
evidence of the existence and
supposed loss of the junk would
be required,
as well as
of