United States v. Murphy
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United. States for the southern district of New York. On indictment for stealing sovereigns* while on board the ship Carroll of Carrolton, on the high seas.
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ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United. States for the southern district of New York. On indictment for stealing sovereigns* while on board the ship Carroll of Carrolton, on the high seas. The defendants, William Murphy and William Morgan, were indicted under the sixteenth section of the act entitled, “ an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,” approved chi the 30th of April, 1790, for taking artd carrying away with an intent to steal and purloin, on hoard of an American vessel on the high seas, one hundred and two gold coins called…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
This case comes before us upon a certificate of division of opinion of the judges of the CircuiúCourt of the southern district of New York,-under the following circumstances
The'defendants, William Murphy and William Morgan, were indicted under the sixteenth section of the act entitled, "an act for the punishment .of certain crimes against the United States,” approved on the 30th of April, 1790, for taking and -carrying away with an intent to steal and purloin, on board of an American. vessel on the high seas, one hundred and' two gold coins,, called sovereigns, each of the value of five…
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