 | 1891 - 1240 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 Com. v. Peters, decided in the year 1847, was that the place was within... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1937 - 662 strani
...Act 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 ' In England, serious offenses committed "upon the sea, or in any other haven, river, creek, or place... | |
 | United States - 1945 - 724 strani
...provided for *h~ |rnrn' rrtinim of persons convicted of murder, -robbery and other offenses if committed "upon the high seas, or in any, river} haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of~any particular state." In United States v. Bevans. 3 Wheat. 336, Feb. 21, 1818, it was held that... | |
 | 1864 - 1042 strani
...jurisdiction of the United States, 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... | |
 | Hersch Lauterpacht - 1956 - 492 strani
...3o, 179o, i Stat. 112. One section of that statute dealt with murder committed on the high seas, or any river, haven, basin or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular state. Another section of the same statute dealt with manslaughter committed upon the high seas, but... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1910 - 756 strani
...[*99 nies, committed on the water, and is full in the description of place. "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river,...the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder," etc. The oth section of the act applies to a citizen who shall commit any of the offenses described... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1919 - 1154 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 Com. v. Peters, which was decided in the year 1847, was that the place... | |
 | 1891 - 286 strani
...place or district of the country, under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States," or " upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." In his charge to the Grand Jury for the District of Pennsylvania, in the Circuit Court of the... | |
 | Maeva Marcus, James R. Perry - 1985 - 652 strani
...consequence is, that, by the laws of self-defence, every community has a right to inflict upon him that punishment, which, in a state of nature, every...commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, bason or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery or any other offence,... | |
 | Lawrence M. Friedman - 1994 - 590 strani
...other crimes "within any fort, arsenal, dock-yard, magazine," or other place under federal control; or "upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state." It was a crime to forge "any certificate, indent, or other public security of the United States";... | |
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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. 
