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MINUTES OF THE EVIDENCE,

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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE AND APPENDIX.

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REASONS GIVEN BY SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL FOR DISSENTING FROM
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PAPERS REFERRED TO IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF PAGE VII OF
THE REPORT, viz. :-
- I.-STATEMENT OF OPINION AS TO THE PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW APPLI-

CABLE TO RECEPTION OF FUGITIVE SLAVES, BY THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE,
MR. JUSTICE ARCHIBALD, MR. THESIGER, SIR H. T. HOLLAND, MR. STEPHEN,
AND MR. ROTHERY

xxiii
II.-STATEMENT OF OPINION ON THE QUESTION OF INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS,
BY SIR R. PHILLIMORE, MR. M. BERNARD, AND SIR H. S. MAINE

xxiv III.-MEMORANDUM BY THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE

• xxviii IV. - MEMORANDUM BY MR. FITZJAMES STEPHEN

lvi V.-AN EXAMINATION OF THE AUTHORITIES CITED BY HISTORICUS, AS TO THE

EXEMPTION OF A SHIP-of-WAR FROM THE LOCAL JURISDICTION WHEN SHE
IS IN FOREIGN TERRITORIAL WATERS, WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE
AND EXTENT OF THAT EXEMPTION, BY MR. H. C. ROTHERY

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MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
WITNESSES EXAMINED :-

Aitchison, C. U., C.S.I.
Browne, Capt. J. A.
Cameron, Lieut. V. L., R.N., C.B.
Cumming, Rear Admiral A., R.N., C.B.
Doughty, Capt. F. Proby, R.N.
Dunlop, A. G.
Fleming, F.
Foot, Capt. C. E., R.N.
Forjett, C. J.
Frere, Right Hon. Sir H. Bartle E., Bart., G.C.B., G.C.S.I.
Gillson, Comr. R. M., R.N.
Goldsmid, Maj. Gen. Sir F. J., C.B., K.C.S.I.
Green, Col. Malcolm R., R.N.
Grey, Admiral Hon. Sir F. W., R.N., G.C.B.
Hope, Comr. Geo. R., R.N.
Hunt, G. S. Lennon
Jones, Capt. Felix, R.N.
Keats, Comr. J. S., R.N.
Mullens, Rev. Jos., D.D.
Newton, Edwd. C. M. G.
Rigby, Maj. Gen. C. P.
Sulivan, Capt. G. L., R.N.
Waller, Rev. Horace

Wilson, Capt. J. Crawford, R.N.

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