United States v. Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
The prisoners were indicted at the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, at the October term of said Court, 1818, for that the prisoners being citizens of the United States, on the fourth day of July then last past, with force and arms, upon the high seas, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, in and on board a certain schooner or vessel, the name whereof being to the jurors unknown, in and upon, a person known, and-commonly called by the name of Reed* a mariner, in and…
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The prisoners were indicted at the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, at the October term of said Court, 1818, for that the prisoners being citizens of the United States, on the fourth day of July then last past, with force and arms, upon the high seas, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, in and on board a certain schooner or vessel, the name whereof being to the jurors unknown, in and upon, a person known, and-commonly called by the name of Reed* a mariner, in and on board said vessel, in the peace of God, and of the said United States, then and there being,1 piratically, &e., did…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Washington
This case comes before the Court upon a division of opinion of the Judges of the. Circuit Court for the district of Massachusetts. The defendants are indicted for murder committed on the *416high seas; and the questions adjourned to this Coürt are>
1. Whether the Circuit Court had jurisdiction of the offence charged in the indictment, unless the vessel on board of which the offence was committed, was, at the time, owned by a citizen, or citizens of the United States, and was lawfully sailing under its flag-
2. Whether the Court had jurisdiction of the of-fence charged in the indictment, if the…
2Cited by15 opinions
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- Rainey v. New York & P. S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1914
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