United States v. Howard
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Indictment alleging that the defendant [Isaac T. Howard], on the 10th of May, 1837, “in and on board a certain ship of the said United States, called the Mount Vernon, then lying within the jurisdiction of a foreign state or sovereign court, in the Roads of St. Helena, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular state of the said United States, the said ship then and there belonging to David R. Greene, Dennis Wood, William Nye, and Clement P. Coveil, citizens of the said…
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Indictment alleging that the defendant [Isaac T. Howard], on the 10th of May, 1837, “in and on board a certain ship of the said United States, called the Mount Vernon, then lying within the jurisdiction of a foreign state or sovereign court, in the Roads of St. Helena, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular state of the said United States, the said ship then and there belonging to David R. Greene, Dennis Wood, William Nye, and Clement P. Coveil, citizens of the said United States, with force .and arms, with a dangerous weapon, did commit an assault upon one William B. Stanton, then and…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The present indictment is founded on the act of 1825, c. 276, §§ 22, 5 [3 Story’s Laws, 1999; 4 Stat. 115. c. 65], the 22d section describing the of-fence, and the 5th conferring jurisdiction on the court to try it. The language of the 5th section is as follows: “That if any offence shall be committed on board of any ship or vessel belonging to any citizen or citizens of the United States, while lying in a port or place within the jurisdiction of any foreign state or sovereign, by any person belonging to the company of the ship, &c., on any other person belonging to the…
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