People v. Tyler
Michigan Supreme Court
Case reserved from St. Clair Circuit. On the fourth day of February, 1859, defendant was indicted in the Circuit Court for the county of St. Clair for murder.
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Case reserved from St. Clair Circuit. On the fourth day of February, 1859, defendant was indicted in the Circuit Court for the county of St. Clair for murder. The indictment charged that Tyler, on the twenty-ninth] day of November, 1858, “with force and arms, on navigable waters without the limits of the state, in and on board the brig Concord then and there being in the river St. Clair, without the limits of the state of Michigan, in and upon one Henry Jones in the peace of God then and there being, feloniously, willfully, and of his malice aforethought, did make an assault, and that the…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
The facts, as set up in the pleadings, show that Tyler shot Jones on an American vessel on the St. Clair river, within the limits of Canada, and that he died of the wound at Port Huron, on land, within the county of St. Clair, in this state. The question presented for our consideration is, whether Tyler’s offense came within the United States laws, and within the jurisdiction of the United States Circuit Court.
It is much to be regretted that this question was not presented to the consideration of the Circuit Court of the United States, where the trial was had. It is fairly raised…
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