waters. From the Hongkong inclosures I find that the Foo deposed that his brother Ting was a passenger on board the passenger steam launch "Shum Ling" from Hongkong to Hang Nom. On arrival at Kowloon he was dragged on shore. The very fact, therefore, of the Ting being a passenger shows that he went on board of his own free will and was not arrested. When people are passengers on board a vessel they must wait the latter's arrival at a port before they can separate. The Ting was not detained on board the vessel. There was therefore no breach of the law. Again, the master of the vessel deposed that the boat was hired by an official for $3 and that permission was granted to take other passengers. There is clear evidence then that those who (are said to have) arrested Ting and Ting only were at first the passengers. If they had made the arrest is it reasonable that they would have allowed other passengers on board? If in this case an arrest had been made in Hong Kong jurisdiction of wrongful arrest might be made. There was no previous arrest of the Ting at the time he was on board the vessel bound for...