Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volumen11;Volumen24Published for John Conrad and Company, 1826 |
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... intent , or for the purpose of wanton plunder , or malicious destruction of property , is not a piratical aggression under the act of the 3d of March , 1819 , c . 75 . Nor is an armed vessel , captured under such circumstances , liable ...
... intent , or for the purpose of wanton plunder , or malicious destruction of property , is not a piratical aggression under the act of the 3d of March , 1819 , c . 75 . Nor is an armed vessel , captured under such circumstances , liable ...
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... intent to sink and destroy the Alligator , and in violation of the law of nations . The facts which were given in evidence , and relied on to support the allegations in the libel , were substantially as follows : On the morning of the ...
... intent to sink and destroy the Alligator , and in violation of the law of nations . The facts which were given in evidence , and relied on to support the allegations in the libel , were substantially as follows : On the morning of the ...
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... intentions ? Still less was it his duty to submit to the exercise of the right of vi- sitation and search , ( a right which has no exis- tence in time of peace , ) in the unlawful manner in which it was attempted to be exercised . ' 2 ...
... intentions ? Still less was it his duty to submit to the exercise of the right of vi- sitation and search , ( a right which has no exis- tence in time of peace , ) in the unlawful manner in which it was attempted to be exercised . ' 2 ...
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... intent to employ his force against another , I may kill him in my own defence . Grotius makes this clear in the affirmative . ( De J. B. ac P. lib . 11. c . 1 . s . 2. ) Inasmuch as nature obliges us to maintain peace with others , it ...
... intent to employ his force against another , I may kill him in my own defence . Grotius makes this clear in the affirmative . ( De J. B. ac P. lib . 11. c . 1 . s . 2. ) Inasmuch as nature obliges us to maintain peace with others , it ...
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... intent to rob or plunder . Any wan- ton attack on a vessel , on the high seas , and espe- cially an attack with an intent to sink the vessel , and destroy the lives of the officers and crew , is clearly within the letter and the spirit ...
... intent to rob or plunder . Any wan- ton attack on a vessel , on the high seas , and espe- cially an attack with an intent to sink the vessel , and destroy the lives of the officers and crew , is clearly within the letter and the spirit ...
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Página 470 - That the district courts of the United States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States...
Página 368 - From this method of interpreting laws by the reason of them, arises what we call equity, which is thus defined by Grotius : "the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient.
Página 475 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Página 470 - State, or by any judge or justice therein respectively, whereby the person of any ambassador or other public minister of any foreign prince or State, authorized and received as such by the President of the United States...
Página 180 - ... office of discount and deposit of the! bank of the United States within that state, to*be collected, in case of refusal?
Página 29 - April, 1790,(i) 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 by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...
Página 43 - This doctrine appears to us novel, and is not supported by any authority. It goes to establish upon the ocean a territorial jurisdiction, like that which is claimed by all nations within cannon-shot of their shores, in virtue of their general sovereignty. But the latter right is founded upon the principle of sovereign and permanent appropriation, and has never been successfully asserted beyond it. Every vessel undoubtedly has a right to the use of so much of the ocean as she occupies, and as is essential...
Página 467 - ORDERED, that the said decree be reversed and annulled, and that the cause be remanded to the Circuit Court, with directions to...
Página 471 - That the district courts shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences that shall be cognizable under the authority of the United States, committed within their respective districts, or upon the high seas; where no other punishment than whipping, not exceeding thirty stripes, a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months, is to be inflicted...
Página 119 - CJ, delivered the opinion of the court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: — The appellant contends that this decree is erroneous, because the laws which purport to give the exclusive privilege it sustains are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States. They are said to be repugnant, — 1.