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and the master of an American vessel.
Memorandum on Consular Conventions
drawn up in the Foreign Office, appendix to which contained papers bearing 071 pages 62466.
the subject at
In obedience to Lord Shifi's commands, we have the honor to Report.
That in Our opinion, the Court had the right to exercise jurisdiction in the suit for wages, between an American seaman and the master of an American vessel.
And that jurisdiction is freely exercised by the U.S. Courts, and the decision of the Marine Court at New York expressly recognizes that right, (see page 13 of the report of the case, Petersen v. Brockleman).
And though Chief Justice Shea, Page 14, expresses a doubt whether the Marine Court, over which he presided, had jurisdiction in a suit