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in which
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Vessel is attached for
Seamen's wages, he grounds his decision
(page 19) substantially upon the
Consular Convention between the M. S.
and the Ottoman Empire, by virtue
of which (page 22) all local Jurisdiction
over the discipline...
have I confined...
ourselves to the question,
stated by Mr Lister, but, whilst
we are
of opinion that the
Jurisdiction is clear.
we
think
that, in cases where the Consular
officer of the nation, to which the ship and the parties belong, protests
and internal order
of Merchant
the local Court should entertain
only
cases of great
Vessels belonging to the Ottoman
Empire had been superseded -
In making this Report, in
obedience to Y. L.'s commands, we
have
the suit.
urgency.
And we doubt whether
the local Court should as
a matter
of discretion, entertain the suit at
all