"ملف 28/2 الحرب. الاختصاص القضائي للسفن المغتنمة في دول الخليج العربي" [و‎‎٨‎٥] (٢٩٢/١٦٩)

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and at the risk of the said firm of , and was in fact
enemy property.
(// the cargo or any part thereof was enemy property, allege it. statin*
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 the petition contained.
And the said G.H. prays the Judge to pronounce that the said ship
( and her cargo) were at the time of capture property
of enemies 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.
(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.)
Writ issued
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Petition.
G.H.,' solicitor for A.B., commander, and the officers and crew of His
Majesty’s ship , the recaptors of the above-named ship, the
plaintiffs (or as the case may be), says as follows:
1. The recaptors are the commander, officers and crew of His Majesty’s
snip j . • which is a cruiser of the second class (or as the case may
6e) 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 to
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 and
the weather showed no signs of improvement.
3- Whilst proceeding as aforesaid, those on board the sighted
a steamship, appearing to be a British mail steamer, steaming to the
on about an opposite course to the
Signals were at once made to the said steamship, which proved to be the
,,, , , but no answer was made, and
in h ° Ugh / fi! n was fire r d ’ the altered her course and proceeded
in towards the coast of , apparently making for the port
or m enemy s territory.
\ 4. The recaptors having thereon reason to believe that the
f 4-v WaS in P ossession of the enemy, immediately altered the
course of the and chased the gradually
gaming upon her. ciauuaiiy
5. After hours’ chase the a n d the
had come within 10 miles of the coast of ( and the
was about half-a-mile astern of the said
n ,rf of time 11 Was Seen that an enem y war ship was coming out of the said
p , , -and thereupon extra steam was raised on the
, ,, x and she succeeded in getting between the said
seavvard ranCe t0 the said P ort ' and forced to alter her course tc
o. VII.
o. xxx.
Naval Prize
Act, 1864 ,
sect. 40 .