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Of capture remained the property, and was "ligated loathe Recount
and at the risk of the said farm ot
^Tu’the^care'o or any part thereof was enemy property, allege it, stating
the 'alleged ownership thereof; or if the cargo or any part thereof was
contraband, allege it.)
6. Save as aforesaid the respondents deny all and every the allegations
in A ht? l ^hl^said 0 ^^/ 06 prays the Judge to pronounce that the said ship
And the said G -" n( P r ^ r S w f re at P the time of capture property
f onpmips of the Crown of Great Britain, or otherwise liable to con
demnation, and to condemn the same as lawful prize to the captors, or to
pronounce for just cause of capture.
P (Signed) Y.Z.,
Counsel (or Party).
Delivered this
day of
(ii) Pleadings in Prize Salvage.
Petition alleging Special Difficulty or Danger.
(Heading and Title as in No. i.)
o. vii.
o. xxx.
Naval Prize
Act, 1864 ,
sect. 40 .
Writ issued
IQ
Petition.
G H solicitor for A.B., commander, and the officers and crew of His
Majesty'sstdp° r . the recaptors of the above-named sh,p. the
plaintiffs (or as the case may be), says as follows. .
t The recaptors are the commander, officers and crew' of His Majesiv s
shio , which is a cruiser of the second class (or as the case may
be \ armed with . and carrying a crew of hands all
told, and fitted with engines of horse-power effective^ ,
2. On the day of . at about 11 a.m., His Majesty s
said ship was proceeding from . „ ^ t ° ,
in pursuance of her instructions to cruise off the coast of
and to assist and protect British vessels whilst passing such coast. At such
time as aforesaid it was blowing a heavy gale from the
the weather showed no signs of improvement.
^ Whilst proceeding as aforesaid, those on board the Jf
a steamship appearing to be a British ma.l steamer, steammg to the
on about an opposite course to the u
Signals were at once made to the said steamship, which proved to be the
signals weie ^ but nQ answer was ma de, and
although a cun was fired, the altered her course and proceeded
fn towards the coast of . apparently making for the port
0 f in enemy’s territory.
a The recaptors having thereon reason to believe that the
was in possession of the enemy, immediately alterec. e
course of the and chased the . gradually
gaining upon her.
^ 5. After hours’ chase the and the
had come within 10 miles of the coast ot
was about half-a-mile astern of the said . j
At this time it was seen that an enemy war ship was coming out of the sai
port 3 , and thereupon extra steam was raised on the
and she succeeded in getting between the said
and the entrance to the said port, and forced her to alter her course U
seaward.