United States v. Palmer
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was certified from the circuit court for the Massachusetts districts At the circuit court of the United States, for the first circuit, begun and holden at Boston, within and for the Massachusetts district, on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen! Before the honourable Joseph Story, associate jus •’ tice, and John davis, district judge.
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This case was certified from the circuit court for the Massachusetts districts At the circuit court of the United States, for the first circuit, begun and holden at Boston, within and for the Massachusetts district, on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of October, in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen! Before the honourable Joseph Story, associate jus •’ tice, and John davis, district judge. The jurors of the 'United States of America within and for the district aforesaid, upon their oaths, do present, that John PalmeV and Thomas Wilson, both late of Brston, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshai.l
In. this case, a series of questions has been proposed by the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts, on which the judge® of that court were divided in opinion. The questions occurred on the trial of John Palmer, Thomas Wilson, and Barney Calloghan, who were indicted for piracy committed on the high seas.
The first four questions, relate to the construction of the 8th section of the “act for the punishment of certain crimes against t*he United States!.”
The remaining seven questions^ respect the rights of a colony or other portion of an established empire, which…
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