CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12] — Page 103

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of

of

our Harbour and consequently

our jurisdiction would be accurately defined. I have myself heard an American Merchant in

course of conversation

tion our

question

authority

jover a Foreign vessel

عليه

Ozo

anchored close under Kowloong shore, and though rightly urongly that authouty is

: always enforced, I think

it most advisable that the opportunity of putting this point beyond doubt should not be neglected. Again

common law

i

Juris

if I

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tunisdiction ceases if I mistake not at low water mark, where Admiralty jurisdiction commences, i.e.

in cases where sea and

not river is concerned.

The Supreme Court

of

Hongkong has hitherto for Police-

held that for

purposes

the Harbor

"(though it be an arm of

the sea

is under the

authority of

the Common

Law, but I suspect this

ruling to be one

of

Convenience, and that if

it were disputed, indictments

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of of our Harbour and consequently our jurisdiction would be accurately defined. I have myself heard an American Merchant in course of conversation tion our question authority jover a Foreign vessel عليه Ozo anchored close under Kowloong shore, and though rightly urongly that authouty is : always enforced, I think it most advisable that the opportunity of putting this point beyond doubt should not be neglected. Again common law i Juris if I 102 tunisdiction ceases if I mistake not at low water mark, where Admiralty jurisdiction commences, i.e. in cases where sea and not river is concerned. The Supreme Court of Hongkong has hitherto for Police- held that for purposes the Harbor "(though it be an arm of the sea is under the authority of the Common Law, but I suspect this ruling to be one of Convenience, and that if it were disputed, indictments
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10. of of our Harbour and consequently our jurisdiction would be accurately defined. I have myself heard an American Merchant in course of conversation tion our question authority jover a Foreign vessel عليه Ozo anchored close under Kowloong shore, and though rightly urongly that authouty is : always enforced, I think it most advisable that the opportunity of putting this point beyond doubt should not be neglected . Again common law i Juris if I 102 tunisdiction ceases if mistake not at low water mark, where Admiralty jurisdiction commences, iɛ. in cases where sea and not river is concerned. The Supreme Court -of Hongkong has hitherto for Police- held that for purposes the Harbor "(though it be an arm of the sea is under the authority of the Common Law, but I suspect this ruling to be one of Convenience, and that if it were disputed, indictments
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10.

of

of

our Harbour and consequently

our jurisdiction would be accurately defined. I have myself heard an American Merchant in

course of conversation

tion our

question

authority

jover a Foreign vessel

عليه

Ozo

anchored close under Kowloong shore, and though rightly urongly that authouty is

: always enforced, I think

it most advisable that the opportunity of putting this point beyond doubt should not be neglected . Again

common law

i

Juris

if I

102

tunisdiction ceases if mistake not at low water mark, where Admiralty jurisdiction commences, iɛ.

in cases where sea and

not river is concerned.

The Supreme Court

-of

Hongkong has hitherto for Police-

held that for

purposes

the Harbor

"(though it be an arm of

the sea

is under the

authority of

the Common

Law, but I suspect this

ruling to be one

of

Convenience, and that if

it were disputed, indictments

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