Decisions of Hon. Peleg Sprague, in Admiralty and Maritime Causes, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, Volumen2T. & J.W. Johnson, 1868 |
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... jury unknown , to be enlisted and entered in the service of a foreign prince , " & c . A motion to quash was made by counsel for defendants , on the grounds : 1st . That the second , third and fourth counts charged several distinct and ...
... jury unknown , to be enlisted and entered in the service of a foreign prince , " & c . A motion to quash was made by counsel for defendants , on the grounds : 1st . That the second , third and fourth counts charged several distinct and ...
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... jury . The district attorney said that the defendants were charged with hav- ing hired or retained certain parties to go beyond the limits of the United States to be enlisted ; that he should not hold himself to prove any particular ...
... jury . The district attorney said that the defendants were charged with hav- ing hired or retained certain parties to go beyond the limits of the United States to be enlisted ; that he should not hold himself to prove any particular ...
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... jury were instructed that there was not sufficient evidence to support a verdict of guilty , and they returned a verdict accordingly , and two of the defendants were discharged . Two of them were held to answer to a similar indictment ...
... jury were instructed that there was not sufficient evidence to support a verdict of guilty , and they returned a verdict accordingly , and two of the defendants were discharged . Two of them were held to answer to a similar indictment ...
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... jury were thereupon instructed that the evidence offered would not be sufficient to support a verdict of guilty . The jury thereupon returned a verdict of not guilty , and defendants were discharged . B. F. Hallett , District Attorney ...
... jury were thereupon instructed that the evidence offered would not be sufficient to support a verdict of guilty . The jury thereupon returned a verdict of not guilty , and defendants were discharged . B. F. Hallett , District Attorney ...
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... jury , among other things in- structed them as follows : - That if the prisoner procured Hayden to enlist believing at the time that he would probably desert , still if the prisoner did not say or do any thing which would be likely to ...
... jury , among other things in- structed them as follows : - That if the prisoner procured Hayden to enlist believing at the time that he would probably desert , still if the prisoner did not say or do any thing which would be likely to ...
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Página 293 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Página 8 - ... of any foreign prince or State, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years...
Página 290 - States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States...
Página 288 - And be it enacted, 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...
Página 288 - And be it further enacted, that if any person shall, upon the high seas, or in any open road-stead, or in any haven, basin, or bay, or in any river, where the sea ebbs and flows, commit the crime of robbery, in or upon any ship or vessel, or upon any of the ship's company of any ship or vessel, or the lading thereof...
Página 281 - Section 5346 of the Revised Statutes, upon which the indictment was found, is as follows: — "SEc. 5346. Every person who, upon the high seas, or in any arm of the sea, or in any river, haven, creek, basin, or bay, within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Página 303 - And be it •further enacted, That every person who shall procure or entice a soldier in the service of the United States, to desert ; or who shall purchase from any soldier, his arms, uniform clothing, or any part thereof; and every captain or commanding officer of any ship or vessel...
Página 74 - And in all cases where a grand jury having attended any of said courts having jurisdiction in the premises after the passage of this act and after the furnishing of said list as aforesaid has terminated its session without finding an indictment or presentment or other proceeding against any such person, it shall be the duty of the judge of said court forthwith to make an order that...
Página 94 - States, in the cases when, by the authority of the President of the United States, military, naval, and civil officers of the United States, or any of them, hold persons under their, command, or in their custody, either as prisoners of war, spies, or aiders or abettors of the enemy, or officers, soldiers, or seamen enrolled...
Página 327 - ... any part of the captured property is not in condition to be sent in for adjudication, a survey shall be had thereon and an appraisement made by persons as competent and impartial as can be obtained, and their reports shall be sent to the court in which proceedings are to be had ; and such property, unless appropriated for the use of the government, shall be sold by the authority of the commanding officer present, and the proceeds deposited with the assistant treasurer of the United States most...