Legal Opinion

Pedersen v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 9, 1921No. 87PublishedCited by 10 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Adolph Cornelius Pedersen, Leonard Roy Pedersen, and Adolph Eric Pedersen. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

WARD, Circuit Judge.

Adolph C. Pedersen, master of the American barkentine Pualco, and his sons, Leonard R. Pedersen, the first ■ mate, and Adolph E. Pedersen, the second mate, were indicted 'for willfully, knowingly, unlawfully, and feloniously beating and wounding seven members of the crew, and of willfully, knowingly, unlawfully, and feloniously and without justifiable cause imprisoning three members of the crew while the said barkentine was on the high seas in July and August, 1918, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular state of the United States, and within the admiralty and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  3. Homer v. The CollectorSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
  4. United States v. BakerU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1861

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
  2. Banning v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
  3. United States v. DalhoverCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938
  4. Charles Lee McIntosh v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  5. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939

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