13. And whereas several persons that have been guilty of thefts, robberies, murders, and other felonies, upon the land in _Newfoundland_, and the islands thereunto adjacent, have many times escaped unpunished, because the trial of such offenders hath heretofore been ordered and adjudged in no other court of justice, but before the Lord High Constable and Earl Marshal of _England_; for reformation thereof, and for the more speedy and effectual punishment of such offences for the time to come, be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all robberies, murders, and felonies, and all other capital crimes whatsoever, which, at any time or times after the said twenty-fifth day of _March_, shall be done and committed in or upon the land in _Newfoundland_, or in any of the Islands thereunto belonging, shall and may be inquired of, tried, heard, determined, and adjudged in any shire or county of this kingdom of _England_, by virtue of the King’s commission or commissions of _oyer_ and _terminer_, and gaol delivery, or any of them, according to the laws of this land used for the punishment of such robberies, murders, felonies, and other capital crimes done and committed within this realm. [Sidenote: Admirals in _Newfoundland_ to see the rules, _etc._ in this act executed, keep a journal, _etc._ and deliver a copy thereof to the Privy Council.] 14. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the admirals of and in every port and harbour in _Newfoundland_, for the time being, be and are hereby authorised and required (in order to preserve peace and good government amongst the seamen and fishermen, as well in their respective harbours, as on the shore) to see the rules and orders in this present act contained, concerning the regulation of the fishery there, duly put in execution; and that each of the said admirals do yearly keep a journal of the number of all ships, boats, stages, and train-fats, and of all the seamen belonging to and imployed in each of their respective harbours, and shall also (at their return to _England_) deliver a true copy thereof, under their hands, to his Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. [Sidenote: Admirals to determine differences between masters of fishing ships and inhabitants. Party aggrieved may appeal.]