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aspend any

National character,

That an American officer who has captured some of the suffersed Criminals desires that they should be tried by the Supreme Court at Hong Kong, But as the Soigure of the Ship and Murder of the affected by Subjects of a Foreign Power, and under a Foreign Hay it appea very doubtful whether this can he That the Acting Alloway General of the Colony is of opinion on the

Crews was

Houl

es stated

the grounds sta

Cofey .

in

in his Letter / of which annexed / that it can, But on a point of so much delicacy and importance he is desirous of acting will the sanction of the Son officers of the Crown in this Country.

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That the Questions, therefore, which our ofanion is requested are

Fird, whother any British Authority

Could consiste.

consistently, with the Law of Nations take cognizance of such a Case as that

above described.

and Sece

Secondly, whether the staprom Court at Hong Kong possesses that authority, That on the first of these Questions

appears

us with

it offerers and refsary to trouble airidh cossary observations. That on the Se conditis

day

desirable to informe ve

that the

Sozislature

of Hong Kong is by the Governors Commission

(from which an authorized.

Extract is annexed /

to make such Laws and

may be required for the

Ordinances as su

peace;

order and

good government of the

Ertery

3 that