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... crimes of serious nature the commander may turn the offenders over to the local authorities , but must assure them a fair trial . The commander of a vessel is , of course , always responsible to his home government , and his action may ...
... crimes of serious nature the commander may turn the offenders over to the local authorities , but must assure them a fair trial . The commander of a vessel is , of course , always responsible to his home government , and his action may ...
Page 131
... crimes committed in a foreign state . The English law takes this position in certain crimes , as treason , bigamy , and premeditated murder . Usually a crime committed upon a vessel in a foreign harbor is held as within the jurisdiction ...
... crimes committed in a foreign state . The English law takes this position in certain crimes , as treason , bigamy , and premeditated murder . Usually a crime committed upon a vessel in a foreign harbor is held as within the jurisdiction ...
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... crimes committed within territorial limits , and many states maintain , also , for such crimes as plotting against the state , counter- feiting state money , or crimes directly imperiling the state's well - being even when committed out ...
... crimes committed within territorial limits , and many states maintain , also , for such crimes as plotting against the state , counter- feiting state money , or crimes directly imperiling the state's well - being even when committed out ...
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... crime against a foreigner , he is generally tried in the local court . If a foreigner commits a crime against a native , he is generally tried in the consular court of his state . If a foreigner commits a crime against a for- eigner of ...
... crime against a foreigner , he is generally tried in the local court . If a foreigner commits a crime against a native , he is generally tried in the consular court of his state . If a foreigner commits a crime against a for- eigner of ...
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... crime committed beyond its borders . to another state for trial and punishment . Many of the Continental states maintain that extradi- tion is a duty binding upon all civilized states , on the ground that the prevention of crime which ...
... crime committed beyond its borders . to another state for trial and punishment . Many of the Continental states maintain that extradi- tion is a duty binding upon all civilized states , on the ground that the prevention of crime which ...
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Page 402 - Government, in order to evince its desire of strengthening the friendly relations between the two countries and of making satisfactory provision for the future, agrees that in deciding the questions between the two countries arising out of those claims, the Arbitrators should assume that Her Majesty's Government had undertaken to act upon the principles set forth in these rules.
Page 101 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Page 401 - In deciding the matters submitted to the Arbitrators they shall be governed by the following three rules, which are agreed upon by the High Contracting Parties as rules to be taken as applicable to the case...
Page 401 - First to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 279 - States from which a vessel of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a ship of war, a privateer, or a merchant ship) shall have previously departed until after the expiration of at least twenty-four hours from the departure of such last-mentioned vessel beyond the jurisdiction of the United States.
Page 358 - Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 60 - Whereas we are happily at peace with all sovereign powers and states: "And whereas hostilities have unhappily commenced between the Government of the United States of America and certain states styling themselves the Confederate States of America...
Page 381 - ... colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace...
Page 361 - The Contracting Powers agree to prohibit, for a period extending to the close of the Third Peace Conference, the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new methods of a similar nature.
Page 325 - ... outlawry; on the contrary, it abhors such outrage. The sternest retaliation should follow the murder committed in consequence of such proclamation, made by whatever authority. Civilized nations look with horror upon offers of rewards for the assassination of enemies, as relapses into barbarism.