CO129-057 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [7] — Page 240

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To make the following observations – It is clear that the Masters and crews of Foreign Merchant Ships, when at anchor, within English Harbour, are bound to yield obedience to the Laws of the Country during their residence within its precincts; and that acts and occurrences on board such ships, which if done on English soil, would render the persons concerned amenable to the criminal Law.

The principle appears to be acknowledged by Mr. Marey in his letter to M. Brampton of the 19 April last, a copy of which was enclosed in my Despatch No. 78 of the 21 July. By that letter it appears...

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To make the following observations It is clear that the Masters and crews of Foreign Merchant Ships, when at anchor, within English Harbour, are bound to yield obedience to the Laws of the Country during their residence within its precincts; and that acts and occurrences on board such ships, which if done on English soil, would render the persons concerned amenable to the criminal Law. The principle appears to be acknowledged by Mr. Marey in his letter to M. Brampton of the 19 April last, a copy of which was enclosed in my Despatch No. 78 of the 21 July. By that letter it appears... Page 240 Page 241
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their residence within

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board such ships, which

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English

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237

English Stups worked, less busters of the_

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concerned amenable

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Law.

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appears

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in his letter to

M. brampton of the

19

April last, a

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Despatch No 78 of the 21 July. By that-

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