Andersen v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. Andersen'was indicted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, for the murder of William Wallace Saunders, on an American vessel, on the high seas,- of which vessel Saunders was the mate and Andersen the cook.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA. Andersen'was indicted in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, for the murder of William Wallace Saunders, on an American vessel, on the high seas,- of which vessel Saunders was the mate and Andersen the cook. The indictment charged that Andersen — “ On the sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, with force and arms, on the high seas and within the jurisdiction of this court and within the admiralty and maritime…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
1. The cause assigned in support of the demurrer to the indictment was that it did “ not specify the locality on the high seas where the alleged offence occurred.” The objection was without merit. The indictment alleged the murder to have been committed “on the high seas and within the jurisdiction of this court, and within the admiralty and mari time jurisdiction of the said United States of America, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State of the said United States of America, in and on board of a certain American vessel, . . .” Nothing more was required to show the locality of…
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