Law of Contraband of War: With a Selection of Cases from the Papers of the Right Hon. Sir Geo. Lee, lk 914W. G. Benning & Company, 1856 - 342 pages |
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Page xxxviii
... SALT . In the case of the Jonge Tobias , a Swedish ship , the cargo , consisting entirely of salt , bound to Dunkirk , was held to be provisions , and as such condemned . A similar decision was afterwards pronounced in the case of the ...
... SALT . In the case of the Jonge Tobias , a Swedish ship , the cargo , consisting entirely of salt , bound to Dunkirk , was held to be provisions , and as such condemned . A similar decision was afterwards pronounced in the case of the ...
Page xl
... salt- petre were , with other articles , condemned as con- traband . SHOT . This article , in its own nature , is evidently contra- band ; in the case of the Marlborough 3 , it was condemned as forming part of other warlike stores . De ...
... salt- petre were , with other articles , condemned as con- traband . SHOT . This article , in its own nature , is evidently contra- band ; in the case of the Marlborough 3 , it was condemned as forming part of other warlike stores . De ...
Page lxv
... Salt , 220 , 221. 227. 231. 234. 240 . Salted fish , 227. 231. 234. 240 . Salted flesh , 231. 234. 240 . Saltpetre , 210. 213. 219 , 220. 226. 230. 233 . 238 , 239 , 240. 243 , 244. 247 , 248 , 249 . Saucisses , 239 , 240. 243. 247 ...
... Salt , 220 , 221. 227. 231. 234. 240 . Salted fish , 227. 231. 234. 240 . Salted flesh , 231. 234. 240 . Saltpetre , 210. 213. 219 , 220. 226. 230. 233 . 238 , 239 , 240. 243 , 244. 247 , 248 , 249 . Saucisses , 239 , 240. 243. 247 ...
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... salt for the ship's use 17. 4s . XII . Hannah James Received for butter for the ship's use 117. 4s . XIII . William Wansey Received for ropes and other things for the ship's use 57. 11s . 6d . XIV . Stephen Perry Received for mending an ...
... salt for the ship's use 17. 4s . XII . Hannah James Received for butter for the ship's use 117. 4s . XIII . William Wansey Received for ropes and other things for the ship's use 57. 11s . 6d . XIV . Stephen Perry Received for mending an ...
Page 52
... salt and give me timely " information . " Gives some further direction , then adds , . " as far as the rest I leave to the captain a free management " of ship and goods , and that he , in whatever place he may " arrive , consult and ...
... salt and give me timely " information . " Gives some further direction , then adds , . " as far as the rest I leave to the captain a free management " of ship and goods , and that he , in whatever place he may " arrive , consult and ...
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affidavit aforesaid Amsterdam ANNA GALLEY annexed apparel appeal Article barrels bills of lading BOA VENTURA bound Bourdeaux Britain captain captors carried casks cause of seizure certificates charter-party claim claimant claimers colourable commander Commission Commissioners condemned confederate confiscation contraband Council Court of Admiralty CURIAM D'Hauterive Danish ship Dantzick declared decree delivered Denmark deponent Doctor of Laws duly Dumont Dunkirk Dutch enemy enemy's Esquire France freight furniture hath Havre de Grace hemp High Court Jenner Judge June June 29 King laders lawful prize Lisbon Lord Majesty March March 26 mariners master neutral oath officers owners and proprietors party passports persons petards pitch planks port privateer prohibited provisions Prussian quæ Regiæ restored Right Honourable sailed salt saltpetre schooner seized sentence ship and cargo ship or vessel ship's papers sole property Stephen Lushington subjects Sweden Swedish Swedish ship taken timber tons traband trade treaty Vide antè voyage
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Page 240 - And whereas the difficulty of agreeing on the precise cases in which alone provisions and other articles not generally contraband may be regarded as such, renders it expedient to provide against the inconveniences and misunderstandings which might thence arise...
Page 235 - ... timber for ship-building, tar or rosin, copper in sheets, sails, hemp, and cordage, and generally whatever may serve directly to the equipment of vessels, unwrought iron and fir planks only excepted...
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 294 - Person or Persons commencing the same, any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding...
Page 240 - Contraband, be confiscated unless after warning of such blockade or investment from the commanding officer of the blockading forces, she shall again attempt to enter, but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place she shall think proper.
Page lvi - The case of dispatches is very different ; it is impossible to limit a letter to so small a size as not to be capable of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy. It is a service, therefore, which, in whatever degree it exists, can only be considered in one character, as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature.
Page 244 - ... 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 236 - ... 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 230 - ... masts, planks, and wood of all kind, 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...