Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-13 00:00:00

the contents of the chest was prevented ; besides this, and cor- •
responding' with• the position of the broken ribA and' the most,
diseased of the vertebrae, there was, on the outside of the
chest, at the lowest angle of the left shoulder-blade, a mass

shoulder-blade: I. am of opinion that the swelling was
caused by some violence done to the part ; and that such
violence, however caused, did aggravate the disease that in
the first instance was a natural formation, and did materially
tend to shorten Peter Antonio's life. I do not doubt that
the ribs, under the action of disease, gave way to a blow. To
Mr. Snowball : He stated that it was possible the ribs gave
way while on the stretchers.
Mr. Snowball stated that the ship was an ATlleriC3ll
The captain, mate, and all the crew, except one man, who
was a Dutchman, were Americans ; and he supposed dthat
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man would . come under the American law.
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It couldl' not be murder, as there was no evidence to show
that the assaults committed were with intent to murder.
The court, therefore, had not the slightest jurisdiction in
such a case, and it was only the other day that, in the
House of Lords or the House of Commons, a question
arose as to whether there , should not be some

jurisdiction in the law between England and • America
as would meet such cases. If the jury brought in a verdict

manslaughter, it, a crime coylisaule uy toe taw
of England with America. The jury, having regard to their
oaths, they cannot say these men were guilty of such a crime,
wm,1,1 mt. it. to the iury If there was any eyidenen at

was no

all that the death of the man had been caused by violene-e

The officers, who put the man on tne stretcher; were not
aware of his natural state of disease, and, though they did
it with all care, taking a man out of the hold of a vessel, it
was possible, as the surgeon had stated, that his ribs should
have given way: To-day, it was unnecessary, however-, for
him to address himself to the evidence, as there was no juris-
diction in that court ; andy as they could not bring in a
verdict for manslaughter or murder, he objected to their
jurisdiction.
The Coroner said Mr. Snowball, who avpeared for the
captain and the mate, . had taken an objection to the juris-
diction of the court, and he quite agreed with him, but that
only led him into another difficulty. There was no charge
against. the captain. The charge was against the chief mate
and the carpenter. Supposino. the objection had not been
taken, or that he had overruled the objection that had been
submitted by Mr. Snowball, there was no positive evi-
to warrant a verdict of murder or manslaughter. They
might have a very strong opinion, but an opinion
would not do: They had the evidence of the surgeon, and
he thought, for the present, they might leave altogether
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sent, was committed to the assizes.
demanded that the body sh be given up to onld The Ameic ant Coh.snl
contending that the law existing between the States
and England did not give that court any jurisdiction,
but that the offending party should be sent back for
trial by the law of his own country. Supposing they
would return a verdict for manslaughter or murder, it would
be his duty to issue a warrant for the apprehension of the
accused parties. But the Deputy American Consul informed
him that he would claim the bodies of the prisoners from