''If  the  cause  be  adjudged  in  the  vice-admiralty  court,  it  is  usual,  upon  entering  an
api>eal  there,  to  procure  a  copy  of  the  proceedings,  which  the  appellant  sends  over
to  his  correspondent  in  England,  who  carries  it  to  a  proctor ;  and  the  same  steps  are
taken  to  procure  and  serve  an  inhibition  as  where  the  cause  has  been  adjudged  in
the  high  court  of  admiralty.  But  if  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  cannot  be  procured
in  due  time,  an  inhibition  maybe  obtained  by  sending  over  a  copy  of  the  instramcnt
of  appeal,  or  by  writing  to  the  correspundent  an  account  only  of  the  time  and  snb-
stance  of  the  sentence.
"  Upon  an  appeal  fresh  evidence  may  be  introdaced,  if,  upon  hearing  the  cause,  the
lords  of  appeal  shall  be  of  opinion  that  the  case  is  of  such  doubt  as  that  farther  proof
ought  to  have  been  ordered  by  the  coart  below.  Further  proof  usually  consists  of
affidavits  made  by  the  asserted  proprietors  of  the  goods,  in  which  they  are  sometimes
Joined  by  their  clerks  and  others  acquainted  with  the  transaction,  and  with  the  real
property  of  the  goods  claimed.  In  corroboration  of  these  affidavits  may  be  annexed
original  correspondence,  duplicatesof  bills  of  lading,  invoices,  extracts  from  books,  etc.
These  papers  must  bo  proved  by  the  affidavits  of  persons  who  can  speak  of  their
authenticity;  and,  if  copies  or  extracts,  they  should  be  collated  and  certified  by
public  notaries.  Tho  affidavits  are  sworn  before  the  magistrates  or  others  competent
to  administer  oaths,  in  the  country  where  they  are  made,  and  authenticated  by  a  cer-
tificate from  the  British  consul.
