CO129-541-1 Piracy- case of Rex v. Chung Tam Kwong 29-7-1932 - 3-2-1933 — Page 27

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against a judgment of acquittal.

The Hong Kong Order in Council (1909 S.R.0.

page 805) does not appear to affect the matter.

4. It is thought that reference to the

Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

should be in the following terms:

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"Whether actual robbery is an essential

element in the crime of piracy jure genti um

or whether a frustrated attempt to commit

a piratical robbery is not equally

piracy jure gentium and justiciable as such."

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with the Brancu

ander

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of this metto:

to the Indibi

Commit

of the privy Council, a

that the mat

I have a to

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conside

45. I have been in correspondence

with the Treasury regarding

the liability for the costs of a

special reference

to the Judicial Committe

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