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Master had any power to detain him on board his Ship.
Practically, therefore, the power of Consule and Naval Courts to send Offenders for trial'
can only be usefully employed when the Ship
in which the Offender is sent is bound to some
place within the jurisdiction of the Court by
is
which the offence is to be tied
When practicable, it is of
course better
that the Offender should be sent for trial by
the nearest Court, whether in a British Possession.
or the United Kingdom.
The expense involved in sending to
Witnesses
the United Kingdom an Offender and Wotresved
from a port as distant as Manila uuest
necessarily be so
great
that it should only
be marred un
very serious cases and when
it
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