 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - Law - 1804 - 456 pages
...person or personal property. " If any person" says a law of the United States, " shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, or robbery, or any other offence, which, if committed within the body of a county, would,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - Law reports, digests, etc - 1812 - 516 pages
...district. *The law read on the part of the prosecution is un- * 136 derstood to apply only to offences committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, not within the jurisdiction of any particular state. In those cases there is no court which has particular... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), John Gallison - Law reports, digests, etc - 1815 - 696 pages
...authority of the admiralty, perhaps to a more enlarged extent.1 The additional words of the act, " in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," refer to such places without any of the United States, and not without foreign states, as will... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 786 pages
...the Sth section of the act of 1790, cb. 9, provided for the punishment of murder, &c. committed "upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any ^articular slate," it is not the ofTence committed, but the bay, &cin which it is committed, that must... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1818 - 712 pages
...United StOte» T. tad the statute of 1790, ch. 9. declaring, that "if any person shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any pArtitalar state, murder, &c. he shall on conviction suffer deatfc," and that "if any person or person*... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1818 - 712 pages
...act of 1790, ch. 8. 21. provided for the punishment of murder, &c. committed upon 29. the hijih sras, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of nny particular 23. stdte, it is not the offence committed, but tiie bay . &c.in which it is committed,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1819 - 852 pages
...8th section of the act of 1790, ch. 9. provided for tht punishment of murder, ike. committed " upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any state," it is not the ofience committed, hut the bay, ts.c. in which it is committed, that must be... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1820 - 620 pages
...of place. " If any ^^^ person or persons, shall commit upon the high seas, v. , , . , , WUtberger. or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, murder," &c. The 9th section of the act applies to a citizen who shall commit any of the offences... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars. 9. SEc. vin. 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, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1824 - 764 pages
...for the punishment of crimes. The section provided for the punishment of murder &c. committed " upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." Held, this is to be construed to mean a bay &c. which is out of the jurisdiction of any particular... | |
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