| United States - 1796 - 508 pages
...yield up fuch fhip or veffel voluntarily to any pirate ; or if any feaman ffcall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby to hinder and prevent his fighting in defence of his fhip or goods committed to his truft, or fhall make a revolt in the fhip ; every fuch offender fhall... | |
| William Graydon - 1803 - 730 pages
...or yield up such ship or vessel voluntarily to any pirate ; or if any seaman shall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby to hinder and prevent...fighting in defence of his ship or goods committed to hi« trust, or shall make a revolt in the ship ; every such offender shall be deemed, taken and adjudged... | |
| James Wilson, Bird Wilson - 1804 - 456 pages
...Id. s. 12. i Id. s. 8. J Id. ibid. V lent hands, by a seaman, upon his commander, in order to hinder his fighting in defence of his ship or goods committed to his trust. k 8. The making of a revolt in a ship by any seaman. ' 9. Piracy or robbery (as specified in the law)... | |
| William Waller Hening - 1810 - 710 pages
...or yield up such ship or vessel voluntarily to any pirate ; or if any seaman shall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby to hinder and prevent...being thereof convicted, shall suffer death ; and the t > ial of crimes committo! on the high seas, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular... | |
| Charles Abbott (Baron Tenterden) - 1810 - 674 pages
...yield up such ship or vessel voluntarily to any " pirate ; or if any seaman shall lay violent hands upon his " commander, thereby to hinder and prevent...fighting in " defence of his ship, or goods committed to Ui.s trust, or shall " make a revolt in the ship j every such offender shall be deem" ed, taken, and... | |
| Thomas Bee, United States. District Court (South Carolina) - 1810 - 580 pages
...voluntarily to a pirate, or if any seaman shall lay violent hands on his commander, to prevent his fighting, or shall make a revolt in the ship, every such offender shall be adjudged a pirate, and a felon. The persons who are the objects of this section of the act are all... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1530 pages
...feloniously run away with. Wi'/i or vessel, or any goods or merchandise to the value of fifty dollars, fee., every such offender shall be deemed, taken, and adjudged to be a pirate ind a felon, and, being thereof convicted, shall suffer death." The acts neMssary to constitute the... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), John Gallison - 1815 - 696 pages
...feloniously run away with such ship or vessel, or any goods or merchandize to the value of fifty dollars, &c. every such offender shall be deemed, taken and adjudged to be a pirate and a felon, and being thereof convicted, shall suffer death." That the only facts necessary to constitute... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1816 - 786 pages
...the United States, be punishaVOL. III. 79 IBIS. ble with death ;" &c. " every such offender shall b« deemed, taken, and adjudged to be a pirate and felon,...and being thereof convicted, shall suffer death," &c. The relative pronoun " uVhc/i" does not relate back to the first specified offences of" murder... | |
| Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 pages
...violent hands upon > his commander, thereby to prevent his fighting in defence of • 'his vessel, or goods committed to his trust,' or shall make a revolt in the vesse.1 ; such person shall be deemed a pirate and a felon, and on conviction shall suffer death. If... | |
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