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extra fances terree and outside of Colonial
waters and either
(a) within three miles of Chinese
territory,
(b) beyond that limit
The acts made briminal by the Clauses in question must however in order that Colonial Courts may have jurisdiction have been committed within their jurisdiction.
We may further remark that the Supreme Court seem to us ( even
on the assumption that the rules of International Law ought to be strictly observed in dealing with the Chinese) to have been in error in conceiving that they had no jurisdiction to try acts of Piracy jure gentium committed
C
B
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in Reg: v. Heyn (2. Ex. J. 63) the
Admiralty has jurisdiction to try all Acts of Piracy jure gentium.
Acts may
be committed on
These
any part of the high seas, which term at
any
rate includes all the open Ocean exha
fauces terræ and beyond low water
mark
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We have the honour to be
My Lord,
Your Lordships, most obedient
and humble servants,
John Bolther .
Hardinge Spffend
within three miles of the Chinese
Coast independently of the decision
in