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 255by Robert Phillimore - 1857Full view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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