Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 5 ;Volume 18Published for John Conrad and Company, 1820 |
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... aforesaid , shall conceal , and not as soon as may be disclose and make known the same to the President of the United States , or some of the Judges thereof , or to the President or Governor of a particular State , or some one of the ...
... aforesaid , shall conceal , and not as soon as may be disclose and make known the same to the President of the United States , or some of the Judges thereof , or to the President or Governor of a particular State , or some one of the ...
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... aforesaid , or any act of hostility against the United States , or any citizen thereof , upon the high seas , under colour of any commission from any foreign prince V. Wiltberger . 1820 . U. States V. Wiltberger . or define the OF THE ...
... aforesaid , or any act of hostility against the United States , or any citizen thereof , upon the high seas , under colour of any commission from any foreign prince V. Wiltberger . 1820 . U. States V. Wiltberger . or define the OF THE ...
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... aforesaid , upon the high seas , which shall affect the life of such person , and such person or persons shall thereupon do or com- mit any such piracy or robbery , then all and every such person , so as aforesaid aiding , assisting ...
... aforesaid , upon the high seas , which shall affect the life of such person , and such person or persons shall thereupon do or com- mit any such piracy or robbery , then all and every such person , so as aforesaid aiding , assisting ...
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... aforesaid , upon the seas , which shall affect the life of such person , shall , " & c . Here Con- gress cannot have intended to exempt from punish- ment those persons who shall be accessaries before the fact to a murder or robbery ...
... aforesaid , upon the seas , which shall affect the life of such person , shall , " & c . Here Con- gress cannot have intended to exempt from punish- ment those persons who shall be accessaries before the fact to a murder or robbery ...
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... and wittingly , aid and assist , procure , com- mand , counsel , or advise any person or persons to do or commit any murder or robbery , or other piracy , aforesaid , upon the seas , which shall affect the 100 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
... and wittingly , aid and assist , procure , com- mand , counsel , or advise any person or persons to do or commit any murder or robbery , or other piracy , aforesaid , upon the seas , which shall affect the 100 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
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8th section act of Congress adjudged admitted aforesaid appear appellants authority award Bank bastards belonging bill called capture cargo cause Circuit Court citizen civil law claim claimant commission committed common law constitution contended counsel Court Martial crew crime of piracy decision declared decree defendant district enemy entitled entry evidence exercise fact father foreign grant high seas Houston indictment inheritance intended Josefa Segunda judge judgment jurisdiction jury land law of nations legislature legitimate letters of marque London Packet Mandeville manslaughter marriage ment militia Moore mother murder navires neutral offence officers opinion owners parties piracy pirate plaintiff plaintiff in error port President principle prisoner prize proof prove punish qu'ils question racter river robbery seront ship or vessel Spencer's creek statute Stevenson's Heirs Sullivant thereof Thomas Nash tion United vaisseaux Virginia void warrants Welch Wiltberger words
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Page 95 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment.
Page 26 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Page 422 - Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a day on which the electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the time and place for commencing proceedings under this Constitution...
Page 95 - It is a modification of the ancient maxim, and amounts to this: that, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature.
Page 96 - To determine that a case is within the intention of a statute its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous, indeed, to carry the principle that a case which is within the reason or mischief of a statute is within its provisions, so far as to punish a crime not enumerated in the statute because it is of equal atrocity, or of a kindred character with those which are enumerated.
Page 379 - When a great river is the boundary between two nations or states, if the original property is in neither, and there be no convention respecting it, each holds to the middle of the stream. But when, as in this case, one State is the original proprietor, and grants the territory on one side only, it retains the river within its own domain, and the newly created State extends to the river only.
Page 115 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen...
Page 99 - 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...
Page 328 - Smith, cashier of the office of discount and deposit of the Bank of the United States at Washington, to be paid in liquidation of a balance due from the said Mechanics...
Page 18 - But the extension of the judicial power of the United States to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction must necessarily be understood with some limitation.