CO129-515-1 Piracy- legal proceedings arising from sinking of S.S. 'IRENE' 18-1-1929 - 6-9-1929 — Page 71

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'alleged to be piratieal may be classed as

"follows:

"1. Robbery or attempt at robbery of a

"Yeasel, by force or intimidation, either

"by way of attack from without or by way of

*revolt of the crew and conversion of the

"vessel and cargo to their own 183,

Wheaton "International Law" eighth alition,

p.195: "The orizes of murde and robbery,

bommitted by f rɛiguere on board of a

foreign vessel, ou the high seas, are not

Justiciable in the tribunals of another country

than that to which the vessel belongs; but if

committed on board of a vessel not at the time

belonging, in fact as well as right, të ang

foreign power of its subjects, but in

possession of a o en acting in defiance of all

law, and acknowledging obedience to no flag

whatsoever, these crimes may

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