exemption of their vessels from arrest
been notified to the
has
never
Vice Admiralty Court I proceed to point out that as I gather from the public papers this Convention
was made in 1856
si
Was
years before
came
any of the Company's ships to this Colony, and I submit it
the duty of
the Officers of that Company to place on record in the Courts of the Colony their claim
exemption from arrest .
to
on
occasion
This is not the first time Messageries Maritimes
Steamers have been proceeded against in the Vice Admiralty Court here. The "Volga" has twice been the
subject of Action - and on
occasion was
Vessels
above
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neither
it stated that these
except from arrest, (except
on neither occasion
by vague assertions) on neither
this convention produced and on
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both occasions the course
mind that the
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pursued left issue of my the Warrant was a matter of Counter to the Defendants failing in Bail - which was done on each occasion by Mot Bertrand the Chief Agents of the Company
In conclusion I need scarcely add
that no protest whatever was made
against my issuing the Warrant of arrest in the present case).
I have to
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(True Copy) (Signed) 18 16 Alexander
Acting Colonial Secretary...
(Signed) H.
Registrar of the Vice Admiralty Court of Hong Kong