 | United States. Department of State - 1869 - 680 halaman
...Congress of March 3, 1819, chap. 75, sec. 5, it was enacted that if any person on the high seas should commit the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, he should, on conviction thereof, suffer death. By an act of Congress of the 5th of May, 1820, it was... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1872 - 874 halaman
...their discretion. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons whatsoever shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined...law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall afterward be brought into or found in the United States, every such offender or [112] offenders shall,... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant, John Cole Lowber, Thomas M'Kean Pettit, George Sharswood, Henry Wharton, Samuel Dickson, James Parsons, William Wynne Wister - 1872 - 556 halaman
...them. By an Act of Congress of March 3d, 1819,(a) " If any person or persons whatsoever, shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined...of nations, and such offender or offenders, shall afterwards be brought into or found in the United States, every such offender or offenders shall, upon... | |
 | 1872 - 864 halaman
...the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall afterward be brought into or found in the United States, every such offender or [112] offenders shall, upon conviction thereof, before the circuit court *of the United States for... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1873 - 910 halaman
...discretion. ¡ЭЕС. ~). And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons whatsoever shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined...law of nations, and such offender or offenders shall afterward be brought into or found in the United States, every such offender or [112] offenders shall,... | |
 | 1874 - 1178 halaman
...March 3, 1819, a temporary Act of Congress was passed, enacting, " if any person on the high seas shall commit the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, he shall on conviction suffer death." This was perpetuated by the Act of 1820, which also declared... | |
 | James Kent - 1878 - 568 halaman
...by that of 15th of May, 1820, sec. 2), Congress declared, that if any person on the high seas should commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, he should, on conviction, suffer death. It was again declared, by the act of Congress of 15th of May,,... | |
 | Francis Wharton - 1880 - 858 halaman
...Statutes give no definition ; it being simply declared that " Every person who on the high seas commits the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall suffer death." 6 § 1861. Piracy is... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 1240 halaman
...thereof accordingly, and at their discretion." The fifth section declares that any person who shall on the high seas commit the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, shall, upon conviction thereof, be pun ished with death. Such are the provisions of the Act of 181... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1882 - 784 halaman
...the gov1. — Which provides (s. !>), "That if any person or persons whatsoever, shall, on the hitrh seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations, ami such offender or offenders shall afterwards be brought into, or found in, the United States, every... | |
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That if any person or persons whatsoever, shall, on the high seas, commit the crime of piracy, as defined by the law of nations... 
