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" But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only... "
Commenentaries Upon International Law - Page 255
by Robert Phillimore - 1857
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Maritime Law Reports

Great Britain. Courts - Admiralty - 1868 - 602 pages
...in 7 VVheaton's Kep. 340, is the following : " There is nothing in our laws or in the law ofnatlont, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels...persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation." I take this passage to be a very correct representation of the present state of the law of England...
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The Elements of Maritime International Law: With a Preface on Some ..., Part 289

William De Burgh (B.A.) - Maritime law - 1868 - 288 pages
...celebrated case Mr. Justice Story thus expresses himself:—"There is nothing in our laws or in the laws of nations that forbids our citizens from sending...which no nation is bound to prohibit; and which only 1 Twiss, Law of Nations, Time of War, preface, p. xvii. exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty...
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Report of the Neutrality Laws Commissioners: Together with an Appendix ...

Great Britain. Neutrality Laws Commissioners - Great Britain - 1868 - 98 pages
...commercial adventure in no shape violating our laws or our national neutrality, and that there is nothing in our laws or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels to foreign ports for sale. If the Messrs. Forbes, or any of the owners of the " Meteor," or Mr. Сaгу...
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A Selection of Leading Cases on Mercantile and Maritime Law: With Notes

Owen Davies Tudor - Commercial law - 1868 - 1106 pages
...J. in The Santissima Trinidad (7 Wheat, Rep. 283, 340), that the law of nations did not prohibit the sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale, told the jury that the question which he proposed to submit to them was whether the Alexandra was merely...
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Lippincott's Magazine of Literature, Science and Education, Volume 4

1869 - 746 pages
...in the port of Baltimore, the Supreme Court, speaking through Judge Story, said : " There is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids...persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation." When Mexico complained of the aid given by our citizens to Texas, Mr. Webster, in his official character...
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Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: General appendix ...

United States. Department of State - Alabama claims - 1869 - 688 pages
...good prize, and for being engaged in a traffic prohibited by the law of nations. But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids...nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes tho persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation. Supposing, therefore, the voyage to hacheen...
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Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States ..., Volume 11

United States. Attorney-General - Attorneys general's opinions - 1869 - 578 pages
...the opinion of the court, said: " There is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbid our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as...adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which onh' exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation." (7 Wheaton, 340.) Without entering...
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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States: 1868, Part 1

United States. Department of State - United States - 1869 - 878 pages
...as good prize for being engaged in a traffic prohibited by the law of nations. But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids...armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign parts for sale. It is a commercial venture, which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes...
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Report of the Case of the Steamship Meteor: Libelled for Alleged Violation ...

Meteor (Steamship), United States. District Court (New York : Southern District) - Neutrality - 1869 - 586 pages
...prize for being engaged in a traffic prohibited by the law of nations. But there is nothing in our law, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens...armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign porte for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes...
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Report of the Case of the Steamship Meteor: Libelled for Alleged Violation ...

Meteor (Steamship), United States. District Court (New York : Southern District) - Neutrality - 1869 - 586 pages
...commercial adventure in no shape violating our laws or our national neutrality, and that there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels to foreign ports for sale. If the Messrs. Forbes, or any of the owners of the Meteor, or Mr. Cary,...
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