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M. SAMUEL & Co., Limited,

LONDON, E.C. 2.

448279/58

21 MAY 25

CENED.

The Master of the 3.3.

Amazon Maru" was charged

with an offence under section 12 (1) of Ordinance 124

(Deleterious Drugs) in that he allowed his vessel to be

used for the importation of a deleterious drug contrary

to the provisions of the Ordinance.

The vessel arrived at Singapore on the 31st. May 1925

having amongst her cargo a number of barrels of Carbolic

Acid Crystals consigned from Antwerp to Dalny. On examina-

tion by the local authorities a large quantity of Morphia

was found cleverly concealed in the tins containing the

crystals. These facts are not disputed.

Owing to the dangerous nature of her cargo the ship was

not allowed to enter the limits of the Port but was anchored

outside those limits. The subject of jurisdiction was

mentioned, but there is no room for doubt as to this. The

ship was not, of course, subject to the regulations of the

Fort, but she was in territorial waters and, therefore,

under the general jurisdiction of the Court.

The argument revolved around sections 11 and 12 of

Ordinance 124 these sections are as follows:-

11 (1) Subject to Section 3, every person shall be

guilty of an offence who

Imports any deleterious drug or syringe Exports any deleterious drug or syringe.

(2) Any deleterious drug or syringe found in any

vessel within the limits of any port or place declared to be

subject to Ordinance No. 125 (Merchant Shipping) shall be

deemed to have imported unless it is proved that it is con-

signed to another country and that before the vessel entered

the limits of such port or place, there had been made to the

master of the vessel by the shipper or the person in charge of

such deleterious drug or syringe a declaration in writing statin

the quantity thereof and the names and addresses of the

consignor and consignee.