Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty: Commencing with the Judgments of Sir William Scott : Trinity Term 1811-[1822], Part 105, Volume 1A. Strahan, 1815 - Admiralty |
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... say that he received the fubfequent ones ; and , therefore , whatever might have been the purport of thofe orders , or in what way foever they might have been pointed to this expedition , they are quite foreign to the merits of this ...
... say that he received the fubfequent ones ; and , therefore , whatever might have been the purport of thofe orders , or in what way foever they might have been pointed to this expedition , they are quite foreign to the merits of this ...
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... say , that a claimant can have no right , upon principles of univerfal law , to claim the reftitution , in a Prize Court , of human beings carried as his flaves . He must shew fome right that has been violated by the capture , fome ...
... say , that a claimant can have no right , upon principles of univerfal law , to claim the reftitution , in a Prize Court , of human beings carried as his flaves . He must shew fome right that has been violated by the capture , fome ...
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... says , " that the fhip had " been transferred to him at New York for the fum of " fix thousand dollars , and that fhe was transferred " by him , this deponent , to De Souza , at the Ifle of " Madeira , for the fum of eight thousand ...
... says , " that the fhip had " been transferred to him at New York for the fum of " fix thousand dollars , and that fhe was transferred " by him , this deponent , to De Souza , at the Ifle of " Madeira , for the fum of eight thousand ...
Page 102
... say that fuch was the fact . If any thing can be produced in the way of evidence , it muft be offered to the Court before which this cafe may be carried on appeal . With every difpofition to sustain the difinclination which has of late ...
... say that fuch was the fact . If any thing can be produced in the way of evidence , it muft be offered to the Court before which this cafe may be carried on appeal . With every difpofition to sustain the difinclination which has of late ...
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... say what papers , ) " for the purpose of fhowing them to the governor , if required ; that while the captain was with the 66 66 " 6 governor , he remained at the door of the govern- " ( ment house . " Now it does not at all appear what ...
... say what papers , ) " for the purpose of fhowing them to the governor , if required ; that while the captain was with the 66 66 " 6 governor , he remained at the door of the govern- " ( ment house . " Now it does not at all appear what ...
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act of parliament Admiral Berkeley Admiralty afferted affidavit againſt alfo alſo American anſwer appears becauſe blockade bond British Captain capture caſe cauſe circumftances claim claimants commander commiffion condemnation confequence confideration confidered confifting convoy courſe Court crew enemy entitled eſtabliſhed Eurotas faid faid fhip failed falvage fame fecurity feized feizure fent fentence fervice fhall fhare fhip and cargo fhould fince firſt flaves fome frigate ftate ftatute fubject fuch fufficient furniſhed granted Heligoland himſelf hoftilities houſe hypothecation impoffible intereft iſland itſelf Jamaica JUDGMENT licence mafter Majefty Majefty's fhip Meffrs moſt muft muſt neceffary neceffity occafioned Order in Council otherwiſe owners paffed parties perfons poffeffion poffible port Portugueſe prefent cafe prize proceeded purchaſed purpoſe queſtion reaſon refpect ſaid San Lucar ſay ſhe ſhip ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thoſe tion TORTOLA trade tranfaction unleſs uſe veffel veſſel Vice Admiralty Court voyage
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Page 138 - Plantations ; for explaining an Act made in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Reign of King Charles the second, intituled, "An Act for the Encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland Trades, and for the better securing the Plantation Trade...
Page 255 - Council, to order and it is hereby ordered, that all the ports and places of France and her allies, or of any other country at war with his Majesty, and all other ports or places in Europe, from which, although not at war with his Majesty, the British flag is excluded...
Page 157 - Berwick-upon-Tweed, or are of the built of and belonging to any of the said lands, islands, plantations or territories as the proprietors and right owners thereof, and whereof the master and three fourths of the mariners at least are English...
Page 84 - It has been established by recent decisions of the supreme court, that the Court of Prize, though properly a court purely of the law of nations, has a right to notice the municipal law of this country in the case of a British vessel which, in the course of a prize proceeding, appears to have been trading in violation of that law, and to reject a claim for her on that account. That principle has been incorporated into the prize law of this country within the last twenty years, and seems now fully...
Page 157 - America, in any other ship or ships, vessel or vessels whatsoever, but in such ships or vessels as do truly and without fraud belong only to the people of England...
Page 255 - And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice- Admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them may respectively appertain.
Page 255 - ... that all the ports and places of France and her allies, or of any other country at war with His Majesty, and all other ports or places in Europe, from which, although not at war with His Majesty, the British flag is excluded, and all ports or places in the colonies belonging to His Majesty's enemies...
Page 255 - BY His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, REGENT of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Name and on the Behalf of HIS MAJESTY. A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE PR WHEREAS...
Page 121 - ... neat cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, and live stock of any sort ; bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley, and grain of any sort, such commodities, respectively, being the growth or production of any of the territories of the said United States of An.
Page 99 - Âmedie, is the reverse of the real principle there laid down by the Superior Court, which was, that where the municipal laws of the country to which the parties belong have prohibited the trade, the tribunals of this country will hold it to be illegal, upon the general...