 | United States. Circuit Courts, Albert J. Brunner - 1884 - 772 strani
...its opinion. Thus it is enacted by the eighth section that "if any person shall commit murder upoii the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State," etc. But in providing in the twelfth section for the punishment of manslaughter, in describing... | |
 | 1885 - 892 strani
...exception, the language of the act only giving authority to try and punish offenders for offenses committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular state. Commenting upon that provision, the chief justice said: It is not the offense, but the bay in... | |
 | 1885 - 1156 strani
...United States." That section gives the courts of the Union cognizance of certain offenses committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular state. "Whatever may be the constitutional power of congress, it is clear that this power has not been... | |
 | 1886 - 890 strani
...The crimes act of 1790 uses as broad language as the act before us, namely: "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," etc.: 1 Laws IT. S., p. 113. And the language thus used was not qualified by the phrase which... | |
 | Gustav Adolf Endlich - 1888 - 970 strani
...provided for the punishment of certain offences, among which manslaughter was not mentioned, committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, and in section twelve, punished manslaughter on the high seas, no indictment could be maintained against... | |
 | Charles-Joseph-Félix Brunet, Charles Brunet - 1890 - 1204 strani
...States imposed the penalty of death for robbery and kindred offenses committed on the ''high seas" or any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." (Sec. 8, chap. 9, act approved April 30, I7t»0; 1 Stats., 113.) The United States Supreme... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 860 strani
...according to the meaning of the statutes of the United States which punished certain offences committed upon the high seas or in any river, haven, basin or bay "out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." The test applied in Commonwealth v. Peters, which was decided in the year 1847, was that the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1891 - 780 strani
...according to the meaning of the statutes of the United States which punished certain offences committed upon the high seas or in any river, haven, basin or bay " out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." The test applied in Commonwealth v. Peters, which was decided in the year 1847, was that the... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1892 - 1022 strani
...according to the meaning of the statutes of the United States which punished certain offenses committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay "out of the jurisdiction of any particular state." The test applied in Commonwealth v. Peters, 12 Met. 387, which was decided in the year 1847,... | |
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States which punished certain offenses committed upon the high seas or in any river, haven, basin, or bay "out of the jurisdiction of any particular State. 
