Report of the Case of the Steamship Meteor: Libelled for Alleged Violation of the Neutrality Act ...Little, Brown,, 1869 |
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... libel a vessel for their private claims , they are liable in damages for any detention without probable cause . It is not so with the government . The prosecuting officers of the United States are intrusted with enormous powers against ...
... libel a vessel for their private claims , they are liable in damages for any detention without probable cause . It is not so with the government . The prosecuting officers of the United States are intrusted with enormous powers against ...
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... libel of information was filed under that section , and it contains , if your Honor please , six different counts , concluding in the usual form , according to the words of the statute . After that libel had been framed and due service ...
... libel of information was filed under that section , and it contains , if your Honor please , six different counts , concluding in the usual form , according to the words of the statute . After that libel had been framed and due service ...
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... libel are that the vessel in custody has been fitted out and is intended to be used for hostile purposes against a nation with whom the United States is at peace . These allega- tions are denied only by an answer unsworn to by either of ...
... libel are that the vessel in custody has been fitted out and is intended to be used for hostile purposes against a nation with whom the United States is at peace . These allega- tions are denied only by an answer unsworn to by either of ...
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... libel and in the manner in which this vessel appears , from the libel , to have been seized . We submit that the power to bond vessels is derived en- tirely from the eighty - ninth section of the act of 2d March , 1799 , known as the ...
... libel and in the manner in which this vessel appears , from the libel , to have been seized . We submit that the power to bond vessels is derived en- tirely from the eighty - ninth section of the act of 2d March , 1799 , known as the ...
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... libel is here before the Court . MR . CHOATE . That does not say she was an armed vessel . It purposely omits to say so . If she had been armed , you would have said so . JUDGE BETTS . How is she described in the pleading ? MR . CHOATE ...
... libel is here before the Court . MR . CHOATE . That does not say she was an armed vessel . It purposely omits to say so . If she had been armed , you would have said so . JUDGE BETTS . How is she described in the pleading ? MR . CHOATE ...
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admiralty agent alleged armed vessel asked belligerent Byron Captain cargo Cary Chile Chilian government Chilian Minister citizens claim claimants commerce commission commit hostilities confidential agent Conkling conversation conviction counsel COURTNEY crime criminal cruise or commit cruiser District Attorney District Court employed equipped EVARTS evidence fitting Forbes & Co foreign forfeited forfeiture furnishing Gran Para guilt guns Honor indictment intent interest interview J. M. Forbes Jerome JUDGE NELSON Kemble knowingly concerned learned friend letters of marque libel Mackenna McNichols ment Messrs negotiations Neutrality Act Objected offence owners Panama Parrott guns parties peace person port principal procure proof prosecution proved provisions punishment purpose question R. B. Forbes Rogers Sandy Hook Santissima Trinidad seizure sell ship or vessel slave-trade Southern District SOUTHMAYD Spain statute steamer steamship Meteor suppose Supreme Court testimony tion told trial United violation voyage warlike witness Wright York
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Página 2 - ... fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out or arming of any ship or vessel with intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people...
Página 29 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered...
Página 279 - ... colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Página 337 - ... for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Página 2 - ... more than three years ; and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Página 2 - That if any person shall, within the limits of the United States, fit out and arm, or attempt to fit out and arm, or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel...
Página 29 - State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined no: exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding three years...
Página 56 - ... be forfeited; and it shall be lawful for any officer of His Majesty's customs or excise, or any officer of His Majesty's navy who is by law empowered to make seizures for any forfeiture incurred under any of the laws of customs or excise, or the laws of trade and navigation...
Página 38 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Página 243 - ... or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district or people, with whom the United States are at peace, or shall issue or deliver a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States...