 | Theophilus Parsons - Admiralty - 1859 - 846 pages
...against the United States. Szc. 8. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the VOL. I. 43 . ^£3" •/ jurisdiction of any particular State, murder or robbery, or any other offence... | |
 | Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 792 pages
...in the eighth section of the act of April 30th, 1790, for the punishment of murder, &c., committed " upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," it is not the offence committed, but the bay, &c., in which it is committed, that must be out... | |
 | Theron Metcalf, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 746 pages
...1700, c. 36, § 8, providing for the punishment of murder, &c., committed " upon the high seas, or any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," it is not the offence, but the bay, &c., in which it is committed, that must be out of the... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1861 - 838 pages
...committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, or any other offence which, if committed within the...county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death, should be adjudged to be piracy ; and if any captain or mariner should piratically... | |
 | Department of State (USA). - United States - 1865 - 858 pages
...within the territorial jurisdiction, but which are not piracy by the law of nations, viz : "robbery in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State of the United States, upon any vessel or upon the lading or ship's company of any vessel in any... | |
 | 1864 - 584 pages
...within the territorial jurisdiction, but which are not piracy by the law of nations — viz., robbery in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State of the United States, upon any vessel or upon the lading or ship's company of any vessel iu any... | |
 | Edward William Cox - Criminal law - 1865 - 680 pages
...law of nations. The Act of Congress of the 30th April 1790 provides "that if any person shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin,...other offence which if committed within the body of a country would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death, or if any captain or mariner... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1865 - 874 pages
...United States. But they held in a subsequent case that "general piracy or murder or robbery committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, by any persons on board of a vesssel not at the time belonging to the subjects of any foreign... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1865 - 366 pages
...United States. But they held in a subsequent case that " general piracy or murder or robbery committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, by any persons on board of a vesssel not at the time belonging to the subjects of any foreign... | |
 | Furman Sheppard - 1865 - 340 pages
...high seas, or in any river, haven, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, or any offence which, if committed within the body of a county, would, by the laws of the United States, be punishable with death. § 286. It has further been enacted that, if any captain or mariner shall piratically... | |
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that if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state... 
