Minute by Attorney General
64
I think it is desirable to enquire from the French Consul whether his complaint is of the manner in which the police discharge their duties; or whether he claims that the ship's company are not amenable to the law of this Colony for offences committed within the waters. If the latter, the claim now made goes far beyond those set up on former occasions, and would extend to immunity in the case of murder.
I think however that the "Anadyr" is entitled to the full privilege allowed by the Convention, whether or not the