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Vice-Admiralty courts made the final decisions on _______

A. Whether a smuggler was guilty or innocent
B. Who could be a smuggler and who could not
C. Grenville

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Answer: The correct answer would be A. whether a smuggler was guilty or innocent.

Explanation: This is correct because the The Vice-Admiralty Court Act gave Royal naval courts jurisdiction over all matters concerning customs violations and smuggling, rather than colonial courts.

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