 | 1903 - 1116 strani
...offense charged, for the reason that the act gives such courts cognizance only of certain offenses on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay "out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," and that the offense, having been committed in the Boston Harbor, was not out of the jurisdiction... | |
 | William Edward Miller - 1881 - 728 strani
...jurisdiction is limited to the high seas.— Federal courts have jurisdiction to try for murder committed "upon the high seas or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." But they have no jurisdiction to try for murder committed on board a vessel of the United States... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 784 strani
...shows, that in order to constitute I. --Which provides. "That if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin,...particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offense, which, if committed wlthin'the body of a county, would, by the laws of the I'nited States,... | |
 | Frank Warren Hackett - 1882 - 236 strani
...words of the eighth section of the act regarding the crime of murder, " if any person shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin...the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, &c./' descriptive of the place of the commitment of the crime — should be grafted on the twelfth... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 798 strani
...of 1790 defines the piracy created by that statute to be " murder, or robbery, or any other offense which, if committed" within the body of a county would, by the laws of the United States, be punishable with death." Now, as the firing by the Portuguese did no mischief, no offense was committed... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1895 - 782 strani
...§ 8, (1 Stat. 113 ; Rev. Stat. § 5372,) enacting that any person committing upon the high seas " murder or robbery, or any other offence which, if...county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death," should be deemed a pirate. Mr. Upshur, for the defendant, argued " that it... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 468 strani
...shall suffer death. R. s.. 5372. Every person who commits upon the high seas, or in any river, harbor, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, murder or robbery, or any other offense which, if committed within the body of a county, would be punishable with death by the laws... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 504 strani
...and shall suffer death. KS, ym Every person who commits upon the high seas, or in any river, harbor, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, murder or robbery, or any other offense which, if committed within the body of a county, would be punishable with death by the laws... | |
 | John Gardner Hawley, Malcolm McGregor - 1896 - 350 strani
...vessel and on shore commits robbery; every person who commits on the high seas or in any river, harbor, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery or any other offense, which if committed within the body of a county would be punished with death by the laws of... | |
 | United States - 1899 - 522 strani
...shall suffer death. Rs,5372. Every person who commits upon the high seas, or in any river, harbor, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, murder or robbery, or any other offense which, if committed within the body of a county, would be punishable with death by the laws... | |
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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... 
