 | George Colwell Oke - Justices of the peace - 1853 - 668 pages
...Ret, 3 TR 103, 101 ; R. v. Phillips, 2 Stra. 921 ; 2 Hawk. c. 25, s. 89). (28) This offence consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation...committed on land, would have amounted to felony there (4 Bl. Cumm. 72; see Arch. Crim. Proc. 482). V*ge, &c. of FormuHst. Where triable. As to Bail. Punishment.... | |
 | Economics - 1853 - 498 pages
...same signification as our word pirate). The offence of piracy, by the common law of England, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there. (4 Black., 72.) By statute some other offences are... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1860 - 778 pages
...shall say more hereafter. *-¡ni *The offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those J acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there.(n) But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1863 - 770 pages
...common law, and of which we shall say more hereafter (n). The offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas,] or other places where the admiralty has jurisdiction, [which, if committed upon land, would have amounted... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1865 - 806 pages
...their goods or treasure." And again : " A pirate, at the common law, is a person who commits any of those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed on land, would amount to felony there."4 It is believed that the last-cited definition is the one which best accords... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1865 - 642 pages
...pirate being, according to Sir Edward Coke, hostis humani generis. This offence at common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there. But other offences have, by various statutes, been... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Great Britain - 1866 - 780 pages
...ehall say more hereafter. »72 -i *Tho offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those J acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there. (n) But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Military art and science - 1867 - 836 pages
...commit any person for piracy, only on regular information upon oath. By common law, piracy consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation...committed on land, would have amounted to felony, and the pirate is deemed host is humani generis. PIRAGUA [Sp. per agua\. See PIROGUE. PIRATE. A sea-robber,... | |
 | William Henry Smyth - Military art and science - 1867 - 804 pages
...ujxin oath. By common law, piracy consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon tho high seas, which, if committed on land, would have amounted to felony, and the pirate is deemed hoslis ftumaiti generis. PIRAGUA [Sp. per agua]. See PIRCKIUE. PI RATE. A... | |
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THE offence of piracy, by common law, consists in committing those acts of robbery and depredation upon the high seas, which, if committed upon land, would have amounted to felony there ". But, by statute, some other offences are made piracy also: as... 
