OTERI v. THE QUEEN

[1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 105

JUDICIAL COMMITTEEOF THE PRIVY COUNCIL

Before Lord Diplock, Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Hailsham of St. Marylebone, Lord Edmund-Davies and Lord Fraser of Tullybelton

Admiralty practice-Jurisdiction-Criminal law -Theft ". . . on the high seas . . . within jurisdiction of Admiralty of England" - Whether District Court of Western Australia had jurisdiction to try offence-Whether within Admiralty jurisdiction - Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, s. 2.