United States v. Ortega
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
The defendant was indicted for an assault upon the person of Mr. Salmon, the Spanish charge d’affaires, and for infracting the law of nations by committing violence upon his person. These charges were contained in two separate indictments, both of which were tried at the same time. The facts of the case, as proved by Mr. Salmon (who presented himself to the court as a voluntary witness), weie as follows.
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The defendant was indicted for an assault upon the person of Mr. Salmon, the Spanish charge d’affaires, and for infracting the law of nations by committing violence upon his person. These charges were contained in two separate indictments, both of which were tried at the same time. The facts of the case, as proved by Mr. Salmon (who presented himself to the court as a voluntary witness), weie as follows. On the night of the 17th of September last, whilst the witness was returning from the circus, he heard the steps of some person walking gently behind him. The defendant came up to him, and…
1Opinion of the CourtWashington, Circuit Justice
(charging jury). This is a prosecution instituted by the United States, for the purpose of vindicating the law of nations and of the United States, offended, as is charged, in the person of a foreign minister, by an assault committed on him by the defendant. It is a case which cannot fail to be highly interesting both to the defendant and to our government. To the former, on account of the punishment which might be the consequence of conviction; and to the latter, because the government of the United States, like that of all civilized nations, is bound to afford redress for the violation of…
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