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and had acted upon the answers.

-Finally

it should not be forgotten that the

King's ship had been seized under the process of

forsign attachment, which in

itself

10 a

departure

from first principles as it deals with the property

absent owners; and which, as it is allowed

of absent.

as it is allowed only

from necessity, ought

in

n Comnow

fairness to be

delay of six months, and condenmed the defendant for asking that at any rate

jurisdiction of the Court

rate the

I might be first determine I have the honour to be

Sir,

Your most obedient Dervant

John Bramste

Attorney General

carried out in perfect good faith. Yet the Court

this

saze, while treating the King and his

officers almost

QUA)

wrong doers, has approved of

the plaintiffs holding the ship for eighteen months

without attempting to bring the cause

for trial, and when the defendant in despair had pressed the case into the hearing paper, further approved of the plaintiff's moving for a stay of proceedings and a commission to Paris

to Paris involving.

involving another.....