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murder of the Capitam, Mate and If of the crew of the French Ship "La Nawelle Penelope" on board of her and upon the high

the high seas. 2. The ship

was

earrying

Coolie

Puigrants from Macas, and the facts

are

-precisely similar to those upon

which the opinion of the Law Officers

of the Crav

and which

such

was

given

en

was

See

Gentium, and there being of simportance, I have considered it expedient to transunit the following Telegram to Your Lordship.

"February Twenty first. "

"To notradition Treaty with France

for? Telgu still in force?

2053

in 1882, Sir John Parthington 7.0.

to officer Administ

Con't of Blongting of 30 Sept 1852.

to the effect that they

a case the Wongtong)

Courts had no jurisdiction.

3.

A doubt havi

having arisen

whether since " Ternanis

as

to

ernan's case" 9 Cose

C.C., that opinion is still Law

and whether the crime is not

cognizable here as

Piracy "Jure

2280

"I oficion on Peracy in Despatch "Number Twenty

AŁU W

of righteo

"hundred and fifty-two (see Forsyth

" Page Aur hundred and

"to be followed?

twenty mine)

"Prisoner is claimed for Munder

"not for Piracy."

I beg abs to

abo to explain that

in order to facilitate the surrender of the Prisoner the Vice Consul

of

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