 The case of dispatches is very different ; it is impossible to limit a letter to so small a size as not to be capable of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy. It is a service, therefore, which, in whatever degree it...  The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review - Page 7edited by - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1818 - 690 pages
...and cargo; and remarked, that such an act, was a service, in whatever degree it existed, that could only be considered in one character, as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature. (y) Uvbinson, 6—436 He referred to the case of the Constitution, '1 ate mas:er, by which he held... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1836 - 420 pages
...account is taken ; and the practice has been, accordingly, that it is in considerable quantities only that the offence of contraband is contemplated. The...considered in one character — as an act of the most hostile nature. The offence of fraudulently carrying despatches in the service of the enemy being,... | |
 | Henry Wheaton - 1836 - 410 pages
...account is taken; and the practice has been, accordingly, that it is in considerable quantities only that the offence of contraband is contemplated. The...whatever degree it exists, can only be considered in one character—as an act of the most hostile nature. The offence of fraudulently carrying despatches in... | |
 | John Duer - 1845 - 822 pages
...important consequences in the operations of the enemy. The service, therefore, of carrying despatches, in whatever degree it exists, can only be considered...as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature. (a) § 61. There is an important exception to the general rule, that the carrying of despatches is... | |
 | Richard Wildman - 1849 - 662 pages
...as not to be capable of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy ; it is a service therefore, which, in whatever degree...as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature. On this principle, the Constitution, Tate, was condemned. That was a case of carrying backwards and... | |
 | Great Britain. High Court of Admiralty, William Robinson, Christopher Robinson - 1853 - 684 pages
...size as not to be capable of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy. It is a service, therefore, which, in whatever degree...as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature. It has accordingly been so held in decided cases, that fully recognize the principle ; for on this... | |
 | William Hazlitt, Henry Philip Roche - 1854 - 508 pages
...size, as not to be capable of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy. It is a service therefore which, in whatever degree...as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature. " It has accordingly been so held in decided cases that fully recognize the principle ; for on this... | |
 | H. Byerley Thomson - 1854 - 156 pages
...the entire plan of a campaign, that may defeat all the plans of the other belligerent, in the world. It is a service, therefore, which, in whatever degree...considered in one character — as an act of the most hostile nature. The offence of fraudulently carrying despatches in the service of the enemy being greater... | |
 | Frederic Thomas Pratt - 1856 - 424 pages
...of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy. The conveyance of them is a service, therefore, which, in whatever degree...as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature. In establishing the distinction between public and private despatches, the consideration of the apparent... | |
 | Frederic Thomas Pratt - 1856 - 426 pages
...of producing the most important consequences in the operations of the enemy. The conveyance of them is a service, therefore, which, in whatever degree...as an act of the most noxious and hostile nature. In establishing the distinction between public and private despatches, the consideration of the apparent... | |
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