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English Admiralty Reports (5); 1809-1811, Acton
English Admiralty Reports 18091811 Acton - 5 Author:George Minot Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1853 Original Publisher: Little, Brown Subjects: Law reports, digests, etc Admiralty Law / General Law / Maritime Law / Reference Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. ... more » When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The Patapsco. 1 Acton. and others, that particular nations should not trade to these and certain other settlements abroad. But none ever heard of a war to prevent a trading by other nations to Jamaica. The strict and absolute nature of a colony would be sufficient in itself to prevent any such trade. A law might as well be passed, prohibiting a trade from London to Bristol by foreign ships. Supposing the non-supply of Java would make it surrender to the forces of Great Britain, it would be difficult to admit that Great Britain, in consequence of the regulations previously adopted by the Dutch company, as it had been urged, could avail itself of them so as to prohibit the Americans [ 30G ] trading thither. If the Dutch 'company lost their ascendency, doubtless even this restriction would be taken off altogether. There had not appeared in the conduct of the court any anxiety to reserve this question of national character. This trade had been carried on by America for a long time without any interruption ; its legality might have frequently become a subject of discussion in this and other courts. Thus, in the case of The Indus,1 a vessel engaged in a similar trade, although instructions had been given to the master to alter his manifest, on further proof the court decreed restoration. Shortly after, another case occurred from Matan- zas, in the Havana, and similar instructions had been given, which was followed by condemnation. The cases were, in some respects, simila...« less