Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. February Term, 1816[-January Term, 1827], Volume 3R. Donaldson, 1816 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... whole matter aforesaid , by the jurors aforesaid in manner aforesaid found , the said George Clarke , the said defendant , is guilty of the trespass and ejectment above mentioned , the said jurors are entirely ignorant , and pray the ...
... whole matter aforesaid , by the jurors aforesaid in manner aforesaid found , the said George Clarke , the said defendant , is guilty of the trespass and ejectment above mentioned , the said jurors are entirely ignorant , and pray the ...
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... whole of the enemy's trade may be effectually screened from the perils of war . A bill of lading is an instru- ment too easily fabricated , to permit a court of prize to consider it alone as furnishing any proof , ( even presumptive ...
... whole of the enemy's trade may be effectually screened from the perils of war . A bill of lading is an instru- ment too easily fabricated , to permit a court of prize to consider it alone as furnishing any proof , ( even presumptive ...
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... whole case in relation to it is now before this court , all these errors and irregularities will be so corrected , as to make the final decision of the controversy , and disposition of the and disposition of the property , con- form to ...
... whole case in relation to it is now before this court , all these errors and irregularities will be so corrected , as to make the final decision of the controversy , and disposition of the and disposition of the property , con- form to ...
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... whole context of the decree can satis- factorily supply this defect , it ought to be supplied . This court is of opinion , that no doubt can be enter- tained respecting the bills with which the district court intended to fill up the ...
... whole context of the decree can satis- factorily supply this defect , it ought to be supplied . This court is of opinion , that no doubt can be enter- tained respecting the bills with which the district court intended to fill up the ...
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... whole transaction with respect to the cargo , is plain and open ; and was , in the opinion of this court , a clear case for farther proof . The The farther proof in the claims 108 , 109,141 , and 122 , consists of affidavits to the ...
... whole transaction with respect to the cargo , is plain and open ; and was , in the opinion of this court , a clear case for farther proof . The The farther proof in the claims 108 , 109,141 , and 122 , consists of affidavits to the ...
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Page 610 - ... of the sole working or making of any manner of new manufactures within this Realm, to the true and first inventor and inventors of such manufactures, which others at the time of making such letters patents and grants shall not use...
Page 309 - ... to make rules for the government of the land and naval forces...
Page 336 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within their respective districts as well as upon the high seas...
Page 621 - And in the case of any machine, he shall fully explain the principle, and the several modes in which he has contemplated the application of that principle or character, by which it may be distinguished from other inventions...
Page 346 - Large, 1 12,) provides in its third section, " that if any person or persons shall within any fort, arsenal, dock-yard, magazine, or in any other place or district of country under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
Page 181 - 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.
Page 573 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Page 264 - ... of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially...
Page 581 - State, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may first be brought.
Page 580 - 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...