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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... person named James Bulloch , or Captain Bulloch , who was a special agent of those States at Liverpool for their belligerent business , and a person named Tessier , also employed in that business . Those two individuals , Bulloch and ...
... person named James Bulloch , or Captain Bulloch , who was a special agent of those States at Liverpool for their belligerent business , and a person named Tessier , also employed in that business . Those two individuals , Bulloch and ...
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... 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 , or of any person 6 : " or persons exercising , or assuming to exercise , 20.
... 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 , or of any person 6 : " or persons exercising , or assuming to exercise , 20.
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... person shall reside at London , Edinburgh , " or Dublin , or within the liberties thereof , oath shall be made by " him before one of the judges of the Court into which the said ship or goods are returned , or in which such information ...
... person shall reside at London , Edinburgh , " or Dublin , or within the liberties thereof , oath shall be made by " him before one of the judges of the Court into which the said ship or goods are returned , or in which such information ...
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... persons whom we proved to have been the agents of the Confederate States , for the purposes of their war service , and those persons , my Lords , are these : -Captain Bulloch in the first place , specially sent to this country for that ...
... persons whom we proved to have been the agents of the Confederate States , for the purposes of their war service , and those persons , my Lords , are these : -Captain Bulloch in the first place , specially sent to this country for that ...
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... person named Bulloch , and he says , " I did . " " He came with me . " That is to say Captain Bulloch came with this witness from Wilmington to Liverpool in the " Annie Childs . " - " He came with me as " far as Queenstown , and there ...
... person named Bulloch , and he says , " I did . " " He came with me . " That is to say Captain Bulloch came with this witness from Wilmington to Liverpool in the " Annie Childs . " - " He came with me as " far as Queenstown , and there ...
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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.