‘File 28/2 War. Prize jurisdiction in the Persian Gulf states’ [‎95r] (189/292)

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No. 42.
Request.
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.f ^ause is now pending in the (here fill in me name of the
Prize Court), in prize and the said cause is instituted on behalf of His
Britannic Majesty for the condemnation of the ship
f" d ^ e !, Carg ° (° r as f h . e cas f ma y be ) as prize, and the said ship and cargo
(or as the case may be) is claimed by C.D., a subject of F *
t the f aid ca r u * e . is instituted for the recovery of prize salvage or to
establish a claim of joint capture by E.F. against A B )
And whereas it has been represented to the said Court that it is necessary
for the purposes of justice, and for the due determination of the matters in
dispute in the said cause, that the following persons should be examined as
witnesses upon oath touching such matters, that is to say —
T.U., of
W.X., of
and Y.Z., of
you" t a „ P oZwe g Co?rt SUCh ^ reSMent Withi " the j uris *ction of
^ ’ Presiden t (or, one of the Judges, 05 the case mav
to renuesVthlt fo 7 fh ’ , ° m / 0/ 'S* PriZe Court) ‘ have 4116 honour
to request that for the reasons aforesaid and for the assistance of the
Court you as the President and Judges of the said (here fill in the name
J* he /° wblch the request is addressed), or some one or more of
as thrsaM C D ^ summo + n the said witnesses [and such other witnesses
as the said C D. or his agents may humbly request you in writing so to
on^nr°m t0 at sucl \ time and P lace a s you shall appoint before some
/r more of you, or such other person as according to the procedure of
your Court is competent to take the examination of witnesses and that if
due notice has before such time appointed been given o^S’examination
o the agent acting on behalf of His said Majesty (or as the case may be) in
this matter, you will cause such witnesses to be examined upon the
interrogatories which accompany this letter of request (or viva voce)
touching the matters in question in this cause in the presence of the
sucT examinaW ° r ^ ° f them “ ShaU ’ ° n due notice « iven ’ atte " d
And I further have the honour to request that you will be pleased to
ST ! , a r ers ° f the 831(1 wi ‘"esses to bo reduced into writ,nT and
to be duiv'maru;/f per H To T um<,nts Produced upon such examination
to be duly marked for identification, and that you will be further nleased
^ eMm i nati0n ^ the - a > your tribunal or in surt
other way as is m accordance with your procedure, and to return the
S f m ti. t0gether Wlth Such re q uest in writing, if any, for the examination
Affa Wlt S- eSSe ^ thr ° Ugh His Ma i est Y’ s Secretary of State for Foreign
govern^ of HlS ° f State for the s, or Z
fhe G Prize Court) ] tranSmisslon to ^ ^ d (here fill in the name of
O. XV. r . n.
(Signed)
President (or Judge of the Probate, Divorce,
and Admiralty Division of the High
Court of Justice of England
or as the case may be).
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accortinitTy ] " d d he concIudln 8 sentence of the form altered