| 1835 - 520 strani
...ground of its opinion. Thus it is enacted by the 8th section, that ' if any person shall commit murder upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state,' &c. But, in providing in the 12th section for the punishment of manslaughter, in describing... | |
| Jacob D. Wheeler - 1836 - 644 strani
...the authority of the admiralty, perhaps to a more enlarged extent. The additional words of the act, "in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," refer to such places without any of the United States, and not without foreign states, as will... | |
| John Marshall - 1839 - 762 strani
...United States." That section gives the courts of the union cognizance of certain offences committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of anj particular state. Whatever may be the constitutional power of congress, it is clear that this power... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1841 - 488 strani
...hindering and preventing the master from fighting in defence of the ship or cargo, and of making a revolt, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State of the United States. These are all capital offences, by the act of Congress 30th of April, 1790,... | |
| John Bouvier - 1843 - 752 strani
...The act of congress of .'•i0th of April, 1790, s. 8, 1 Story's LUS 84, enacts, that if any person shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river,...the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, dec., which, if 630 HIR 631 committed within the body of a county would, by the laws of the United... | |
| Charles Abbott (Baron Tenterden) - 1846 - 1088 strani
...spare the (1) The Act of Congress of 30th of April, 1790, ch. 36, S 8, provides, " that if any person shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river,...or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular Slate, murder, or robbery, or any olher offence, which, if committed within the body of a couuly, would,... | |
| Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - 1846 - 720 strani
...made by Congress : By the act of April 30, 1790, it is enacted, § 8, "That if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river,...or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murderer robbery, or any other offence, which, if committed within the body of a county, would,... | |
| Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 784 strani
...least shall be summoned from thence. By the 8th. sect, of the Act of 30/A April, 1790, if any person ght or no provocation, the law implies malice. Fatter...(Crown Law, 380,) malice is implied where an officer Slate, any offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United... | |
| Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 774 strani
...it. Law Journal, 154. , ' The Act of Congress of April 30, 1790, provides: If any perron or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, oat of Hie jurisdiction of any particular State, murder or robbery, or any other offence, which, if... | |
| United States - 1850 - 886 strani
...fined not exceeding one thousand dollars. SEC. 8. Andbeit[further]enacted,Thal if any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river,...the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or ffcbbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the Murder... | |
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