CO129-515-1 Piracy- legal proceedings arising from sinking of S.S. 'IRENE' 18-1-1929 - 6-9-1929 — Page 70

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Oppenheim "Internatial Law", Fourth

adition, Volume I, p.500.

"If a definition is

"deaired which really covers all such acts as

"are in practice treated as piratical, piracy

"must be defined as every ansuthorised not of

"violence a ainet persone or goods, aczeitted

on the open cea sither by a private Vassel

"against another vessel og by the sutinous crew

"of passengers aculat their own vessel."

Hall "Interna: ionul lav wighth raition,

p.330. "If the crew of a ship takes possession

"of it after confining or murdering the captain,

"legitimate authority has disappeur d for the

"moment, and it is uncertain for how long it may

"be kept out.

Kenoefv.

ery nation may seize and

"panish a pirate." p.314: "If the foregoing

"rem rks are well founded, piracy may be said

“to consist in aste of violence done upon the

97 ocean

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by a body of men acting inde-

pendently of any politically organised society,

The various sote which are recognised or

alleged

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