...Mr. Webster appeared for the defendant. Mr. Wheaton and Attorney-General William Wirt appeared for Whatever may be the constitutional power of Congress,...basin, or bay, which river, haven, basin, or bay is within the jurisdiction of any particular State. What, then, is the extent of jurisdiction which a...

...section gives the courts of the Union cognizance of certain offenses committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State. i The court was constituted as follows: JOHN MARSHALL, Chief Justine. BUSHBOD WASHINGTON, WILLIAM...

...section gives the courts of the Union cognizance of certain offenses committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State. 1 The court was constituted as follows: JOHN MARSHALL, Chief Justice. BUSHROD WASHINGTON, WILLIAM...

...intendment, as in the instances of Louisiana, California, and Texas. committed on the u high seas" or any river, haven, basin, or bay. out of the jurisdiction of any particular State. v (Sec. 8. chap. i\ act approved April 30, 17W; 1 Stats., 113.) The United States Supreme Court...

...section gives the courts of the Union cognizance of certain offenses committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state. 274 Whatever may be the constitutional power of Congress it is clear that this power has not...

...section gives the courts of the union cognizance of certain offenses committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction...committed in a river, haven, basin, or bay, which river, basin, or bay is within the jurisdiction of any particular state. What, then, is the extent of jurisdiction...

...Section 8 of the act provides " 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, murder or robbery, or any other offense, which, if committed within the body of a county, would...

...Section 8 of the act provides " 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, murder or robbery, or any other offense, which, if committed within the body of a county, would...

...punishment of certain enumerated crimes by the United States to those committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular state. But I apprehend it may fairly be doubted whether the Constitution of the United States meant,...

...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...