ORAL ARGUMENT OF CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, Q. C. 623 



furniture, being the property of some person or persous to the said Attorney 

 unknown, as forfeited to the United States, for the following causes: 



That the said vessel or schooner was found engaged in killing fur-seal within the 

 limits of Alaska Territory, and in the waters thereof, in violation of section 1956 of 

 the Revised Statutes of the United States. 



And the said Attorney saith that all and singular the premises are and Avere true, 

 and within the Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of this court, and that by 

 reason thereof, and by force of the Statutes of the United States in such cases made 

 and provided, the afore-mentioned and described schooner or vessel, being a vessel 

 of over 20 tons burden, her tackle, apparel, boats, cargo, and furniture, became and 

 are forfeited to the use. of the said United States, and that said schooner is now 

 within the district aforesaid. 



Wherefore the said Attorney prays that the usual process and monition of this 

 honourable Court issue in this behalf, and that all persous interested in the before- 

 mentioned and described schooner or vessel may be cited in general and special to 

 answer the premises, and all due proceedings being had, that the said schooner or 

 vessel, her tackle, apparel, boats, cargo, and furniture may, for the cause aforesaid, 

 and others appearing, be condemned by the deiinite sentence and decree of this 

 honourable Court, as forfeited to the use of the said United States, according to the 

 form of the Statute of the said United States in such cases made and jirovided. 



M. B. Ball, 

 United iStates District Attorney for the District of Alaska. 



The President. — Those are the questions of fact which are sub- 

 mitted to us iu virtue of Article VIII ? 



Mr. Phelps. — Yes, Sir. 



Mr. Carter. — The Government of Great Britain submitted certain 

 findings which they desired the Tribunal to make. 



The President. — In virtue of this article. 



Mr. Carter. — This paper is submitted by way of substitution and 

 amendment, in certain particulars agreeing with some of those proposed 

 findings, inserting other new ones, and amending certain ones of them, 

 or proposing amendments to them. 



Senator Morgan. — Allow me to inquire, when the two Governments 

 agree as to a finding, is that considered as being obligatory uj^on this 

 Tribunal? 



Mr. Carter. — The Tribunal must determine that for itself, I suppose. 



The President. — I will ask when those new questions will be 

 argued. I suppose they are to be taken into the general, final argu- 

 ment of Mr. Phelps. 



Mr. Phelps. — Oh yes. We submit them now, in order that they 

 may be passed upon or considered by my learned friends, if they desire 

 it. We will have something to say, or at least we may have something 

 to say, in respect to them. 



The President. — That would be a new argument on the English 

 side, if they did that. The British counsel were expected to speak now 

 on regulations, but perhaps they will take this matter into considera- 

 tion in the argument on the question of regulations, so as not to make 

 two new arguments. You understand what I mean, Sir Charles? 



Sir Charles Kussell. — Perfectly, sir. 



The President. — I mean to say, if you wish to add new observa- 

 tions on the new submission by the United States, you will be kind 

 enough to embody these observations in the same argument that you 

 are going to make upon regulations. 



Sir Charles Russell. — There will be no difficulty about that, sir. 

 As I have said, these have been handed to us now for the first timej 

 and of course we shall require to consider them. 



The President. — Then perhaps you will argue them after your argu- 

 ment on Kegulations. You are going to begin on regulations immedi- 

 ately I believe? 



