 | Ellery Cory Stowell - 1909 - 852 Seiten
...generis, and triable in any country. Beyond this, it comprehends acts "done upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state." (Act of April 30, 1790, s. 8.) All such acts, committed by Americans, are of the jurisdiction... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1910 - 700 Seiten
...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...power of Congress it is clear that this power has not bien so exercised, in this section of the act, as to confer on its courts jurisdiction over any offense... | |
 | 1910 - 740 Seiten
...the words in § 4 of the act of 1825, above referred to, that "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. Bureau of Insular Affairs - 1912 - 762 Seiten
...over the crime of murder, as well as certain other crimes, when committed "upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." The act was remodeled by the act of March 3,1825 (ch. 65, sec. 4, p. 115, 4 Stat. L.). The... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1914 - 1124 Seiten
...congress of April 30, 1790, s. 8, enacts' that If any person shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, etc., . which if committed within the body of a county would, by the laws of the United... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1918 - 1564 Seiten
...subject.18 But under a statute providing that if any person or persons shall commit, on 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,... | |
 | United States - 1921 - 970 Seiten
...chapter 0, section 8, providing for the punishment of murder, etc., committed " upon the high seas, or any river, haven, basin, or bay. out of the jurisdiction of any particular State," it is not the offense, but the bay, etc.. In which It Is committed, that must be out of the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, James Brown Scott - 1923 - 770 Seiten
...A pirate, 1 Which 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 offence, which, if committed within the body of a county, would... | |
 | Charles Willis Needham - 1925 - 772 Seiten
...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 Commonwealth v. Peters, which was decided in the year 1847, was that the... | |
 | 1925 - 1184 Seiten
...text of § 8 is as follows: " 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 offence which if committed within the body of a county, would... | |
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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... 
