In the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, Michaelmas Term, 27th Victoria: The Attorney General V. Sillem and Others, Claiming the Vessel "Alexandra", Seized Under the Foreign Enlistment Act, (59 George III. Chapter 69). Report of the Arguments with the Judgement of the Court: and Also an Appendix Containing Various Documents Referred to1864 - 571 pages |
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... furnish , fit out , or arm " in the disjunctive . Lord Chief Baron . - Have you an abstract of the information ? Mr. Attorney General . — I have , my Lord ; but I am afraid that it is in a shape not very ready accessible to your ...
... furnish , fit out , or arm " in the disjunctive . Lord Chief Baron . - Have you an abstract of the information ? Mr. Attorney General . — I have , my Lord ; but I am afraid that it is in a shape not very ready accessible to your ...
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... furnishing , then fitting out ; we did not charge arming . Lord Chief Baron . --That is the very point which I wanted ... furnish , attempting or endeavouring to fit out , were also each separately charged ; then procuring in like manner ...
... furnishing , then fitting out ; we did not charge arming . Lord Chief Baron . --That is the very point which I wanted ... furnish , attempting or endeavouring to fit out , were also each separately charged ; then procuring in like manner ...
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... furnishing , and equipment , as distinguished from construction , namely , evidence as to the machinery , the engines ... furnish it ; it is not so necessary for me because I have my note . Mr. Attorney General . — It is from the short ...
... furnishing , and equipment , as distinguished from construction , namely , evidence as to the machinery , the engines ... furnish it ; it is not so necessary for me because I have my note . Mr. Attorney General . — It is from the short ...
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... furnishing and fitting out , which was in progress , and which of course was meant to be completed , which is separable from the mere structure of the ship and from the mere ship - builder's work . The fitting out and the furnishing was ...
... furnishing and fitting out , which was in progress , and which of course was meant to be completed , which is separable from the mere structure of the ship and from the mere ship - builder's work . The fitting out and the furnishing was ...
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... furnishing , and fitting out . That all the people named for that purpose in the information were aiding and abetting , or attempting and endeavouring to equip , furnish , and fit her out , to the intent and for the purpose that she ...
... furnishing , and fitting out . That all the people named for that purpose in the information were aiding and abetting , or attempting and endeavouring to equip , furnish , and fit her out , to the intent and for the purpose that she ...
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1st Day 2nd Day 3rd Day 4th Day 7th section Act of Parliament Alabama Alexandra apply ARGUMENT armament armed attempt or endeavour Attorney General.-I Baron Bramwell.-I building called Captain Bulloch clause commit hostilities Confederate construction contend contraband contraband of war course Court Crown cruize and commit cruize or commit doubt employed evidence Fawcett fitting Foreign Enlistment Act foreign prince forfeiture friend Sir Hugh furnish Government guns intent international law jury learned Attorney Liverpool Lord Chief Baron Lord Chief Baron.-I Lord Stowell Lordships will find matter meaning ment Messrs necessary neutral country neutral territory object observe offence opinion Oreto person port present prohibited put on board Queen's question refer Santissima Trinidad ship or vessel Sir Hugh Cairns Solicitor statute store ship suppose thing tion transport or store Trenholm trial United verdict warlike character warlike equipment warlike purposes words equip
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Page 87 - Every person who, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlists or enters himself, or hires or retains another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, state, colony, district, or people...
Page 54 - ... with intent, or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince, state, or potentate, or of any foreign colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 71 - ... any person or persons, exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 87 - That if any person shall, within the limits of the United States, fit out and arm, or attempt to fit out and arm, or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel...
Page 140 - Majesty shall not then be at war, or shall within the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's dominions, or in any settlement, colony, territory, island, or place belonging or subject to His Majesty, issue or deliver any commission for any ship or vessel, to the intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed as aforesaid...
Page 349 - Powers of Government in any Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or Country, or against the Inhabitants of any Foreign Colony, Province, or Part of any Province or Country, with whom His Majesty shall not then be at War ; or shall, within the United Kingdom, or any of His Majesty's Dominions, or in any Settlement...
Page 363 - Majesty for that purpose, first had and obtained as aforesaid, shall, by adding to the number of the guns of such vessel, or by changing those on board for other guns, or by the addition of any equipment for war...
Page 87 - ... 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 325 - As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers, with whom the United States have the most extensive relations, there was reason to apprehend, that our intercourse with them might be interrupted, and our disposition for peace drawn into question, by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
Page 381 - The right of the neutral to transport, and of the hostile power to seize, are conflicting rights, and neither party can charge the other with a criminal act.