The judgmentof "the Court for Crown Cases Reserved" on the
important question whether we have or have not criminal jurisdiction over the three miles' belt of sea outside our shores, was given in relation to the 4Franconia's collision with the Strath- elyde,'—deeided to have been one of criminal negligence,—on Saturday and Monday, and the majority of the Judges ruled that English Courts have no criminal jurisdiction beyond low-water mark. Six Judges, Lord Coleridge, Sir Baliol Brett, Sir R. Amphlett, Mr. Justice Grove, Mr. Justice Denman, and Mr. Justice Lindley gave judgment in favour of the Crown's criminal jurisdiction in this case, while the Lord Chief Baron (Kelly), Sir R. Phillimore, Sir George Bramwell, Mr. Justice Lush, Baron Pollock, and Mr. Justice Field gave judgment against the Crown's criminal jurisdiction. The Lord Chief Justice of England delivered judgment on Monday, also against the Crown's claim, and stated that the late Mr. Justice Archibald was of the same mind, so that the real legal majority against the claim of criminal jurisdiction within these territorialwaters, was a majority of two.
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