 | 1819 - 660 pagina’s
...5. Jlnd be it further enacted, That if any person or persons whatsoever, sliall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall afterwards be brought into, or found in, the UnitedStates, every... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1819 - 542 pagina’s
...Congress passed March 3, 1819, it is provided, That if any person or persons sliall, on the high seas, commit the crime of Piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and sucli offender or offenders shall afterwards be brought into or found in tlie United States, every... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1820 - 662 pagina’s
...indictment is founded provides, " that if any person or persons whatsoever, shall, upon the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall be brought into, or found in the United States, every such offender... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 pagina’s
...c. 76, s. 35, which provides, "that if any person or persons whatsoever, shall upon the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, &c. every such offender or offenders, shall upon conviction thereof, &.C. be punished with death,"... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 224 pagina’s
...act in gress. [Continued. See post.] force until thewhatsoever, shall, on the high seas, com- Persons commit the crime of piracy, as defined by ™^ the law of nations, and such onender or on the high offenders shall afterwards be brought into, seas,if brought or found... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 590 pagina’s
...1819, sec. 5. (and which act was made perpetual by the act of 15th of May, 1820, sec. 2.) Congress declared, that if any person on the high seas should...of nations, he should, on conviction, suffer death. It was again declared, by the act of Congress of 15th of May, 1820, sec. 3. that if any per• son... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1835 - 558 pagina’s
...effectually to suppress this odious offence, it is enacted, that, if any person shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and be afterwards found in the United States, he shall on conviction suffer death. This statute is... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1836 - 644 pagina’s
...founded provides, " that if any person or persons Wlth deathwhatsoever, shall, upon the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall be brought into, or found in the United States, every such offender... | |
 | John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pagina’s
...indictment is founded provides, " that, if any person or persons whatsoever, shall upon the high seas commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall be brought into, or found in, the United States, every such offender... | |
 | 1845 - 604 pagina’s
...constitution of the United States, Congress is authorized to define and punish piracies, and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences committed...death ; and the act passed May 15, 1820, « 5 Wheaton, 412, United States ye. Holmes. t 4 Robinson's Reps., 121. t 15 Peten' Reps.: The Amistad, 513. declared... | |
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