United States v. Arwo
Supreme Court of the United States
On certificate of division in opinion from the Southern District of New York. A statute of March 3d, 1825,* makes an assault committed on the high seas with a deadly weapon a crime against the United States, and the act is made cognizable in virtue of prior law,† “in the district where the offender is apprehended or into which he may first be brought.”
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On certificate of division in opinion from the Southern District of New York. A statute of March 3d, 1825,* makes an assault committed on the high seas with a deadly weapon a crime against the United States, and the act is made cognizable in virtue of prior law,† “in the district where the offender is apprehended or into which he may first be brought.” This statute being in force, Arwo was indicted in the Southern District of New York, for an assault of the kind just spoken of, committed on a vessel alleged to have belonged to citizens of the United States. He pleaded to the jurisdiction,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Instead of answering separately the questions certified here, I am instructed to say, that the court, upon the facts alleged in the plea, is of the opinion, that the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York had jurisdiction in this case, and that the court directs that this statement be' certified to the Circuit Court as the only answer required to the several questions presented on the record.
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