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... Answer . - Commodore Jones . Question 4. - Where were you at that time ? Answer . I think in Monterey . Question 5. - Were you charged with the custody of any public mo- neys then and there ; and if yea , what money , and what amount ?
... Answer . - Commodore Jones . Question 4. - Where were you at that time ? Answer . I think in Monterey . Question 5. - Were you charged with the custody of any public mo- neys then and there ; and if yea , what money , and what amount ?
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... Answer . - No . ˇ Question 2. - How did the military contribution fund , which you ac knowledge to have been in your custody in October , 1848 , get into your hands or custody ? Please exhibit the order under which you received it . Answer ...
... Answer . - No . ˇ Question 2. - How did the military contribution fund , which you ac knowledge to have been in your custody in October , 1848 , get into your hands or custody ? Please exhibit the order under which you received it . Answer ...
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... Answer . - No . Question ( by a member of the court . ) - Why , then , did you sign the receipt as special agent ? Answer . Because , in the Commodore's first communication on the subject , he addressed me and styled me a special agent ...
... Answer . - No . Question ( by a member of the court . ) - Why , then , did you sign the receipt as special agent ? Answer . Because , in the Commodore's first communication on the subject , he addressed me and styled me a special agent ...
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... Answer . I only know of two hundred and seventy - five and a quarter ounces , which I presume was the same . I cannot swear it was . Question 10. When did you receive it , and where , and from whom ? Answer . I received it on board the ...
... Answer . I only know of two hundred and seventy - five and a quarter ounces , which I presume was the same . I cannot swear it was . Question 10. When did you receive it , and where , and from whom ? Answer . I received it on board the ...
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... answer to the judge advocate's question No. 10 ? Answer . It is the same paper . Question 17. - Will you now produce and read it ? Answer . I now read it , as follows : " DR . - Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones , 1848 . TO JOSEPH ...
... answer to the judge advocate's question No. 10 ? Answer . It is the same paper . Question 17. - Will you now produce and read it ? Answer . I now read it , as follows : " DR . - Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones , 1848 . TO JOSEPH ...
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50 cents accused aforesaid agent amount Answer bay of San board the Ohio British Calderon Captain Stribling charge chargé d'affaires Chatfield claim Commander Commodore Jones communication consul Contoy copy court martial court-martial Dale defence despatch dollars duty enclosed evidence examined excellency FLAG-SHIP gold dust Gulf of Fonseca Honduras honor hundred instant island of Tigre Jones's judge advocate La Paz LEGATION letter Lieutenant Craven Lieutenant Stanly Lieutenants Green Lower California Majesty's Marchand Mazatlan ment military contribution fund Monterey Navy Department Nicaragua November o'clock a. m. obedient servant October officers Pacific Ocean Pacific Squadron paid paper payment port President proceedings Purser Question receipt received recollect referred reply respectfully San Francisco San Salvador Secretary SHIP OHIO Shubrick Spain Spanish special order specification steamer testimony Thomas Ap tion U. S. Naval Forces undersigned United Upper California Washington Webster witness
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Page 59 - I have, therefore, thought it necessary and proper to issue this proclamation, to warn all citizens of the United States, who shall connect themselves with an enterprise so grossly in violation of our laws and our treaty obligations, that they will thereby subject themselves to the heavy penalties denounced against them by our acts of Congress, and will forfeit their claim to the protection of their country. No such persons must expect the interference of this government, in any form, on their behalf,...
Page 8 - Secretary of the Navy. Nothing, sir, can exceed the deplorable state of things in all Upper California at this time, growing out of the maddening effects of the gold mania. I am sorry to say that even in this squadron some of the officers are a little tainted and have manifested restlessness under moderate restrictions imperiously demanded by the exigencies of the times, as you will perceive by the enclosed paper, addressed to three of the lieutenants.
Page 98 - The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has had the honor to receive the note of Mr.
Page 72 - ... of the United States. The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to Lord Russell the assurances of his highest consideration.
Page 280 - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name, and caused the seal of the Navy Department of the United States...
Page 61 - piratical," it does so in a general sense ; importing that the aggression is unauthorized by the law of nations, hostile in its character, wanton and criminal in its commission, and utterly without any sanction from any public authority or sovereign power. In short, it means that the act belongs to the class of offences which pirates are in the habit of perpetrating, whether they do it for purposes of plunder,.
Page 19 - The crime of murder, when committed by any officer, seaman, or marine, belonging to any public ship or vessel of the United States, without the territorial jurisdiction of the same, may be punished with death by the sentence of a court martial.
Page 3 - An act for the better government of the navy of the United States," passed the twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hundred.
Page 1 - Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. To the Senate of the United States...