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"jurisdiction of the Vice Admiralty "Court of Stoughton, steps shall be taken with as little delay possible by the proper Naval authority to obtain the judgment "of such Court whether the persons any of them were

so attacked or

["Pirates "_

3.

Admiral Store, on the other

as well

as Dr

the

hand, to whom I mentioned the dodges opinion,

Midges - a sound lawyer_ whom I consulted on matter, take an opposite view_ and one in which I am myself discord to concur. They consider that the words " it shall be lawful" in the

second section are not imperative,

but simply permissive _ that the Act merch authorizes the Vice Admiralty Count, when applied to, to take cognizance of and determine whether the persons

attacked were

if

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were pirates

pirates and their numerical strength, as the preliminary proceeding necessar to cuable the Lords of the Admiralty to consider applications for the fitting "rewards "referred to in Section & but that the Naval Authorities need not invoke the assistance

of the

Count unless they wish to claim

the reward substituted by the Act in question ofor the "head - money"