Law of Contraband of War: With the Reported Cases to the Present Time, and a Selection of Unreported Cases from the Papers of the Right Hon. Sir Geo. Lee LL. D, Formerly Dean of the Arches, Etc., Etc |
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... Sweden , with a cargo of pitch and tar , the produce of that country , bound to a port of the enemy . The Court of Admi- ralty , on the ground of contraband , condemned both ship and cargo ; a sentence which was affirmed on appeal ...
... Sweden , with a cargo of pitch and tar , the produce of that country , bound to a port of the enemy . The Court of Admi- ralty , on the ground of contraband , condemned both ship and cargo ; a sentence which was affirmed on appeal ...
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... Sweden , and laden on board a Swedish vessel , but which was notwithstanding condemned as contraband ; a sentence which was affirmed on appeal . This exception in favour of articles of the growth and pro- duce of the neutral country is ...
... Sweden , and laden on board a Swedish vessel , but which was notwithstanding condemned as contraband ; a sentence which was affirmed on appeal . This exception in favour of articles of the growth and pro- duce of the neutral country is ...
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... Sweden of the 25th July , 1803 , as to other descriptions of the same article . IRON . This formed part of the cargo in the case of the Ringende Jacob , and was referred to the officers of the King's Yard to determine whether it was to ...
... Sweden of the 25th July , 1803 , as to other descriptions of the same article . IRON . This formed part of the cargo in the case of the Ringende Jacob , and was referred to the officers of the King's Yard to determine whether it was to ...
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... Sweden . " The former contending that they were contraband , and condemning them as such . Thus in the celebrated ... Swedes , and bound to Port Louis in France . Her cargo consisted prin- cipally of pitch and tar ; after long argument ...
... Sweden . " The former contending that they were contraband , and condemning them as such . Thus in the celebrated ... Swedes , and bound to Port Louis in France . Her cargo consisted prin- cipally of pitch and tar ; after long argument ...
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... Sweden , the actual property of Swedes , and con- veyed by their own navigation , were held , upon a principle of indulgence to the native products and ordinary commerce of that country , subject only to the milder rights of pre ...
... Sweden , the actual property of Swedes , and con- veyed by their own navigation , were held , upon a principle of indulgence to the native products and ordinary commerce of that country , subject only to the milder rights of pre ...
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affidavit aforesaid Amsterdam ANNA GALLEY annexed appear Article barrels belonging bills of lading BOA VENTURA bound Bourdeaux Britain captain captors carried casks cause of seizure certificates charter-party claim claimant claimers colourable commander Commission condemned confederate confiscation contraband Court of Admiralty CURIAM Dantzick declared decree delivered deponent Doctor of Laws dominions Dover duly Dumont Dunkirk enemy England Esquire France freight GUDS HIELPE Havre de Grace High Court Jenner Jonge Judge July June June 29 King laden laders lawful prize Lisbon Lord Majesty March March 26 mariners master merchant neutral oath officers owners party pass passports person or persons pitch planks port prince privateer prohibited province provisions Prussian quæ restored sailed salt saltpetre seized ship and cargo ship or vessel ship's papers sole property Stephen Lushington subjects Sweden Swedish Swedish ship taken thereof timber traband trade treaty United Kingdom Vide antè voyage warlike
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Page 310 - Court in which such offender shall be convicted, and every such ship or vessel, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores which may belong to, or be on board of, any such ship or vessel, shall be forfeited...
Page xxxi - Contra, if the great predominant character of a port be that of a port of naval military equipment, it shall be intended that the articles were going for military use, although merchant ships resort to the same place, and although it is possible that the articles might have been applied to civil consumption...
Page 310 - ... fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the Court in which such offender shall be convicted...
Page 310 - ... arms, military stores, or materials, or any article or articles considered and deemed to be contraband of war according to the law or modern usage of nations, for the use or service of either of...
Page 246 - ... masts, planks, boards and beams of what trees soever; and all other things proper either for building or repairing ships, and all other goods whatever which have not been worked into the form of any instrument...
Page 310 - Prince, State, or Potentate, Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or People, or of any Person or Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in or over any Foreign Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or People, either as an Officer, Soldier, Sailor, or Marine, contrary to the Provisions of this Act, it shall be lawful for any of the principal Officers of His Majesty's Customs where any such...
Page 238 - ... and any other kind of corn and pulse, tobacco, and likewise all manner of spices, salted and smoked flesh, salted fish, cheese and butter, beer, oils...
Page lxvii - The seat of judicial authority is, indeed, locally here, in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality. It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this question exactly as he would determine the same question if sitting at Stockholm ; to assert no pretensions on the part of Great Britain which he would not allow to Sweden in the same circumstances, and to impose no duties on Sweden, as a neutral country, which he would...
Page 310 - Vessel as aforesaid, although no enlisting money or pay or reward shall have been or shall be in any or either of the cases aforesaid actually paid to or received by him, or by any Person to or for his use or benefit...
Page 310 - Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this act, an act passed in the ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled " An Act to prevent the listing His Majesty's Subjects to serve as Soldiers without His Majesty's Licence...