United States v. Huff
United States Circuit Court
Criminal Informations. Two informations were filed against this defendant by the district attorney after a preliminary examination before one of the commissioners of this court.
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Criminal Informations. Two informations were filed against this defendant by the district attorney after a preliminary examination before one of the commissioners of this court. The first is drawn under section 5359 of the Revised Statutes, and contains four counts, in substance as follows : That the defendant on, etc., at, etc., “did endeavor to make a revolt on board the steam-boat Henry Lourey, whereof one John H. Long was then and there master, by then and there resisting the said master in the free and lawful exercise of his authority and command on board,” the defendant at the time…
1Opinion of the Court
Hammond, D. J.
- Sections 5359 and 5360, under which these in-formations are drawn, prescribe the punishment of offenses committed by “any one of the crew of an American vessel,” etc., and it is argued for the defendant here that inasmuch as he is charged by the pleadings and shown by the special verdict to have been the mate of the steam-boat at the da.te of the offense, he is not obnoxious to this statute, because the mate, being an officer of the boat, is not included in the term “crew.” By title 52 of the Revised Statutes, prescribing the regulations for steam-vessels, masters, chief…
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