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Provincial Court Land Records, 1699-1707
Volume 718, Page 747   View pdf image
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       punishments Corrections and Executions upon any offender or Offenders
       who shall be Mutinous seditious disorderly or any ways unruly either
       at sea or during the time of their residence or abodes in any of the
       ports harbours or Cays of the said Province and Territory as the Cause
       shall ^or found to^ require according to Martial Law during the time of Warr as afd
       Provided y.t Nothing herein Contained shall be Construed to the enabling
       you or any by your Authority to hold plea or have any Jurisdiccon
       of any offence Cause Matter or thing Committed or done upon the high
       Sea or within any of the harbors rivers or Creeks of our said Province
       and Territory under your Government by any Captaine Comander Lieut.t
       Master officer seaman soldier or other pson whatsoever who shall be
       in actual service and pay in or on board any of our shipps of Warr
       or other Vessells acting by Immediate Commission or Warrant from
       our high admirals of England under the seal of our admiralty or
       from our Comissioners for Executing the office of our high Admiral
       of England for the time being but y.t Such Captaine Commander
       Lieu.t Master officer seaman soldier and other pson so Offending
       shall be left to be proceeded against and tryed as the Meritts of
       their offences shall require either by Commission under our Great seale
       of England as the Statute of the twenty Eighth of Henry the Eighth
       directs or by Comission from our high admiral of England or from
       our Commissioners for Executing the office of high admirall of England
       for the time being according to the act of Parliament passed in the
       thirteenth year of the Reigne of King Charles the second Entituled an
       Act for the Establishing Articles and orders for y.e Regulating &
       better government of this Majties Navies Ships of War and forces
       by sea and not otherwise  Provided Nevertheless y.t all disorders and
       Misdemeanors Committed on shoare by any Captaine Commander Lieutenant
       Master officer Seaman Soldier or other person whatsoever belonging to
       any of our ships of war or other Vessells acting by Imediate Commission
       or Warrant from our high Admirall of England under the seale of our
       Admiralty or from our Commissioners for Executing the Office of high
                                                                                                 (admiral


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