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licence of the E. I. Compy, and might empower, as they have in fact empowered, the said Company, and certain Governours of their Settlements, and other agents of theirs, to arrest & seize or cause to be arrested, and afterwards to send to England all such British Subjects as should be found in India residing there without such Licence. Those who come hither or remain here without any authority or licence know that they violate the laws of their country, and know the penalties to which they subject themselves.
To the several objections abovementioned Mr. Davies & Mr. Burroughs answered thus:
To the first, viz that it does not appear that there was a warrant under hand & Seal, they said that none of the Statutes from which the power is derived of seizing