Respublica v. De Longchamps
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Julian he Longchamps, commonly called the Chevalier de Longchamps, was indicted, that “he, on the 17th of May 1784, in the dwelling-house of his excellency the French minister plenipotentiary, in the presence of Francis Barbe Marbois, unlawfully and insolently did threaten and menace bodily harm and violence to the person-of the said Francis Barbe Marbois, he being consul-general of France to the United States, consul for the state of Pennsylvania, secretary of the…
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Charles Julian he Longchamps, commonly called the Chevalier de Longchamps, was indicted, that “he, on the 17th of May 1784, in the dwelling-house of his excellency the French minister plenipotentiary, in the presence of Francis Barbe Marbois, unlawfully and insolently did threaten and menace bodily harm and violence to the person-of the said Francis Barbe Marbois, he being consul-general of France to the United States, consul for the state of Pennsylvania, secretary of the French legation, &c., resident in the house aforesaid, and under the protection of the law of nations and this…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice, after minutely recapitulating the evidence, and applying it to the charges in the indictment, expressed the following sentiments :—
McKean, Chief Justice.
This is a case of the first impression in the United States. It must be determined on the principles of the laws of nations, which form a part of the municipal law of Pennsylvania ; and, if the offences charged in the indictment have been committed, there can be. no doubt, that those laws have been violated. The words used in the minister’s house (which is to be considered as a foreign domicil, where the minister resides in…
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