St. Clair v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP CALIFORNIA. In February, 1893, the grand jury, empanelled in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, returned into that court an. indictment charging that Thomas St. Clair, Herman Sparf, and Hans Hansen, mariners, late of that district, on the 13th day of January, 1893, with force and arms, on the high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the court, and…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OP CALIFORNIA. In February, 1893, the grand jury, empanelled in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, returned into that court an. indictment charging that Thomas St. Clair, Herman Sparf, and Hans Hansen, mariners, late of that district, on the 13th day of January, 1893, with force and arms, on the high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the court, and within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hablan
I. The objection, upon demurrer, that the- indictment did not sufficiently show on what part of the high seas the offence charged was committed, is met by the averment that the offence was committed on board of an American vessel, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the court and within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and not within the jurisdiction of any particular State of the Union. Nothing more was required to show the locality of the offence. In .United States v. Gibert, 2 Sumner, 19, 86, which was an indictment for robbery on the high seas — a…
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