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AN ACT

To provide for the Prosecution and Trial in .Her Majesty's Colonies of Offences committed within the Jurisdiction of the Admiralty.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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LLC.O.

885

2 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, made in

11 & 12 Wm. III, the eleventh year of the reign of King William the Third, intituled "An Act for the more effec-

c. 7.

All persons charged with offences com- mitted on the sea,

&c., in any colony, may be dealt with in the same manner an if the offences

had been committed

"tual Suppression of Piracy," it is enacted, That all piracies, felonies, and robberies, committed on the sea, or in any haven, river, creek, or place, where the Admiral or Admirals have power, autho-

rity, or jurisdiction, may be examined, enquired of, on waters within tried, heard, and determined, and adjudged, in any the local jurisdic- tion of the Courts of the colony.

place at sea or upon the land in any of His Majesty's islands, plantations, colonies, dominions, forts, or factories, to be appointed for that purpose by the King's Commission, in the manner therein directed, and according to the civil law, and the method and rules of the Admiralty: and whereas by an Act of Parliament made in the forty-sixth year of the reign

of His late Majesty King George the Third, inti-

46 Geo III, c. 54. tutled "An Act for the speedy trial of offences committed in distant parts upon the Sea," it was enacted, That all treasons, piracies, felonies, rob- beries, murders, conspiracies, and other offences of what nature or kind soever, committed upon the sea, or in any haven, river, creek, or place where the Admiral or Admirals have power, authority, or jurisdiction, might be enquired of, tried, heard determined, and adjudged, according to the common course of the laws of this realm used for offences committed upon the land within this realm, and not otherwise, in any of His Majesty's islands, plantations, colonies, dominions, forts or factories under and by virtue of the King's Commission or Commissions under the Great Seal of Great Britain, to be directed to Commissioners in the manner and with the powers and authorities C