 | John Bouvier - 1914 - 1124 strani
..."main sea" are synonymous; id. The act of congress of April 30, 1790, s. 8, enacts' that If any person shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river,...the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, etc., . which if committed within the body of a county would, by the laws of the United States, be... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 1266 strani
...an act of Congress providing for the punishment of certain assaults committed on board any vessel " upon the high seas " or " in any river, haven, basin, or bay within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular... | |
 | Elijah Nathaniel Zoline - 1921 - 650 strani
...the discretion of the court. Provision was also made for the punishment of certain offenses committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State.31 Viscount Bryce, writing in his American Commonwealth, volume 2 (1st ed.), p. 497, and commenting... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 970 strani
...chapter 0, section 8, providing for the punishment of murder, etc., committed " upon the high seas, or any river, haven, basin, or bay. out of the jurisdiction of any particular State," it is not the offense, but the bay, etc.. In which It Is committed, that must be out of the... | |
 | Charles Willis Needham - 1925 - 772 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, which was decided in the year 1847, was that the... | |
 | United States - 1927 - 702 strani
...Act 1790, c. 9, § 8, providing for the punishment of murder, etc., committed "upon the high seas, or any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," it was not the offense, but the bay, etc., In which It was committed, that must be out of the... | |
 | 1928 - 1142 strani
...high seas," Congress by Act of April 30, 1790 (1 Stat. 112, 113), provided : "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river,...the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, • • • every such offender shall be deemed, taken and adjudged to be a pirate and felon, and being... | |
 | 1928 - 1062 strani
...by Act of April 30, 1790 (1 Stat. 112, 113), provided : "If any person or persons shall commit up»n the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay,...the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, • • • every such offender shall be deemed, taken and adjudged to be a pirate and felon, and being... | |
 | 1917 - 986 strani
...Wheat., 336.) A Federal statute providing for the punishment of murder committed on the high seas or on any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, does not apply to murder committed on board a warship while in waters within the jurisdiction... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1933 - 860 strani
...of April 30, 1790, c. 9, § 8, 1 Stat. 112, 113, provided for the punishment of murder committed " upon the high seas or in any river, haven, basin or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," and provided for the trial of the offender in the district where he might be apprehended qr... | |
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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. 
