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arrested because another Court and that other Court a foreign
I
Court
also have had a right of
& might
jurisdiction
or because a rock intervenes between the mainland and the three miles limit. If the
mile
...
or of any
may
committed beyond
the
three
the island of Hong Kong is an inhabited island, then
might be held to have been
committed
in that character and
cognizable
in the Court of the Captors.
If the offence
was committed
on Chinese ground,
had but
to prosecute (if the damage or injury was to a
British
person under British protection) the silly party before
a Chinese Court.
If the party injured was a British subject not a person under British protection then what had we to do with
The matter.
The Law Officers of the Crown define the jurisdiction with... sufficient clearness.
As to the second point, we
may always
pursue a
criminal in flight
into Chinese Waters whether
the
English, or
by
2
Comity of Nations when