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 540 THE VICEADMIRALTY 1787 Jurisdiction of theOourt. Cominis- sionerv empowemd to commit on informa- tion. and to amemble aOourt. Commis- sioners John Hunter, William Bradley, Philip Gidley King, Oeoige William Maxwell and Henry Lidgbird Ball Esquire and the Cap- tain and Commander of our ships who are or shall be within the Ad- miralty jurisdiction of the said territory called New South Wales To be our Commissioners at the said territory called New South Wales for the examining, enquiring of, trying, hearing, and deter- mining and adjudging according to the directions of the same Acts in any place at sea or upon the land at the said territory called New South Wales, all piracies, felonies and robberies and all accessories thereunto committed or which shall be committed in or upon the sea or within any haven, river, creek or place where the Admiral or Admirals have power authority or jurisdiction : And you the said Arthur Phillip Esquire and our Captain- General and Govemor-in-Chief of the said territory called New South Wales for the time being : Robert Ross Esquii*e and our Lieutenant-Governor of the said territory called New South Wales, for the time being, Andrew Millar Esquire and the Commissary of Stores and Pro- visions of the said territory called New South Wales for the time being, Augustus Alt Esquire and the Surveyor of Lands in the sidd territory called New South Wales for the time being, John Hunter, William Bradley, Philip Gidley King, George William Maxwell and Henry Lidgbird Ball Esquire and the Cap- tains and Commanders of our ships who are or shall be within the Admiralty jurisdiction of the said territory called New South Wales Our Commissioners at the said territory called New South Wales for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned We do make, ordain and constitute by these presents, hereby giving and granting unto you our said Commissioners jointly or severally by warrant under the hand and seal of you or any one of you full power and authority to commit to safe custody any person or persons against whom information of piracy, robbery or felony upon the sea as accessory or accessories thereto shall be given upon oath (which oath you or any one of you shall have full power and are hereby authorised to administer) : And to call and assemble a Court of Admiralty on shipboard or upon the land when and as often as occasion shall require, which Court our will and pleasure is shall consist of seven persons at the least and if so many of you our said Commissioners cannot conveni- ently be assembled any three or more of you whereof you the said Arthur Phillip Esquire, our Captain-General and Govemor-in-Chief of the said territory called New South Wales, or the Captain- General and Govemor-in-Chief of the said territory for the time beings Or you the said Robert Ross Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor of the said territory called New South Wales, or the Lieutenant- Governor of the said territory, for the time being. Digitized by Google