Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Second Circuit, Volume 5 |
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... statute . But we are not disposed to place the decision on this ground . The Court is of opinion , that the clause conferring jurisdiction is in the alternative , and that jurisdiction may be exercised either in the District into which ...
... statute . But we are not disposed to place the decision on this ground . The Court is of opinion , that the clause conferring jurisdiction is in the alternative , and that jurisdiction may be exercised either in the District into which ...
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... statute . But we are not disposed to place the decision on this ground . The Court is of opinion , that the clause conferring jurisdiction is in the alternative , and that jurisdiction may be exercised either in the District into which ...
... statute . But we are not disposed to place the decision on this ground . The Court is of opinion , that the clause conferring jurisdiction is in the alternative , and that jurisdiction may be exercised either in the District into which ...
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... statute offence , as contra - distinguished from that known to the law of nations . The Act , as you have seen , declares the person a pirate , punishable by death , who commits the crime of robbery , on the high seas , in or upon any ...
... statute offence , as contra - distinguished from that known to the law of nations . The Act , as you have seen , declares the person a pirate , punishable by death , who commits the crime of robbery , on the high seas , in or upon any ...
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... statute offence of robbery upon the high seas , it is your duty to ' convict them , though it may fall short of the offence as known to the law of nations . We have stated what constitute the elements of the crime , and it is your ...
... statute offence of robbery upon the high seas , it is your duty to ' convict them , though it may fall short of the offence as known to the law of nations . We have stated what constitute the elements of the crime , and it is your ...
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... statute which we have read to you , in order to make out the offence against the prisoner , it is necessary , on the part of the Government , to prove , either that he is a citizen of the United States , or that the vessel on which he ...
... statute which we have read to you , in order to make out the offence against the prisoner , it is necessary , on the part of the Government , to prove , either that he is a citizen of the United States , or that the vessel on which he ...
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Page 6 - ... the trial of crimes committed on the high seas, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may first be brought.
Page 108 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 415 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 578 - That suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States, in any case where plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law.
Page viii - ... if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles on which different rates of duty are chargeable there shall be levied on such non-enumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest rate of duty...
Page 70 - Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By the President: WILLIAM H SEWARD, Secretary of State.
Page 279 - Whereas, the party of the first part is the proprietor of the 'Household Edition' of the Works of Charles Dickens, heretofore published by WA Townsend & Co.
Page 559 - ... false entry in any book, report, or statement of the association, with intent, in either case, to injure or defraud the association or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of...
Page 49 - Said circuit courts shall also have concurrent jurisdiction with the district courts of the same district of all suits at law or in equity which may or shall be brought by the assignee in bankruptcy against any person claiming an adverse interest, or by such person against such assignee, touching any property or rights of property of said bankrupt transferable to or vested in such assignee...
Page 477 - It is not enough that there is a remedy at law. It must be plain and adequate, or, In other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration as the remedy in equity.