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Page 1218
... vessel and cargo , both on account of the said breach of blockade and the rescue - DECIDED , that the captors have no right of property in said vessel and cargo ; and that the liability of the vessel to condemnation , if it ever existed ...
... vessel and cargo , both on account of the said breach of blockade and the rescue - DECIDED , that the captors have no right of property in said vessel and cargo ; and that the liability of the vessel to condemnation , if it ever existed ...
Page 1219
... vessel was , by the same law , an additional and lawful cause of condemnation ; still it is a principle equally well established and recog- nised , that the offence thus incurred never travels on with the vessel fur- ther than the end ...
... vessel was , by the same law , an additional and lawful cause of condemnation ; still it is a principle equally well established and recog- nised , that the offence thus incurred never travels on with the vessel fur- ther than the end ...
Page 1236
... vessel is engaged in an illicit trade , a public vessel has the right to detain her until our government can act upon the sub- ject ; and that the question of the violation of the sovereignty of any foreign government in nowise affects ...
... vessel is engaged in an illicit trade , a public vessel has the right to detain her until our government can act upon the sub- ject ; and that the question of the violation of the sovereignty of any foreign government in nowise affects ...
Page 1237
... vessel presented by him to the consul were evidently fraudulent , and not such as , under the laws of Congress , would entitle his vessel to that protection which is due to every vessel which in truth belongs to the United States , and ...
... vessel presented by him to the consul were evidently fraudulent , and not such as , under the laws of Congress , would entitle his vessel to that protection which is due to every vessel which in truth belongs to the United States , and ...
Page 1238
... vessel , ( as Captain Howell had practised , ) which will subject him to legal punishment . Nothing short of a revision of these acts , with additional penal provisions , embracing cases not foreseen when these laws were passed , will ...
... vessel , ( as Captain Howell had practised , ) which will subject him to legal punishment . Nothing short of a revision of these acts , with additional penal provisions , embracing cases not foreseen when these laws were passed , will ...
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Page 1607 - It is agreed that the United States and Her Britannic Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their ministers, officers, or authorities respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged paper, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall hie found, within the territories of the other...
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Page 1988 - Constitution was adopted, was most certainly intended and referred to when it was declared in that instrument that the judicial power of the United States shall extend 'to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction...
Page 1389 - California, and of the 12th section of the Act of Congress approved on the 31st of August, 1852, entitled An Act making appropriations for the Civil and Diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three and for other purposes...
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Page 1264 - An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments.
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