Legal Opinion
United States v. Townsend
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 28, 1915No. 2435PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Henry C. Townsend was indicted for assault on a member of his crew on the high seas and filed a plea in bar to the court’s jurisdiction, to which the government demurred.
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, District Judge.
The defendant, Townsend, is indicted for having, while master of the sailing vessel Manga Reva, and while upon the high seas on the trip from San Francisco to New York, committed *762an assault upon .one John Shea, a member of his crew. The indictment is under section 291 of the Penal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1145 [Comp. S't. 1913, § 10464]), which, so far as here material, reads as follows:
“Whoever, being the master or officer of a vessel of the United States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the…
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