...value of fifty dollars, or yield up such ship or vessel voluntarily to any pirate ; or if any seaman shall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby...apprehended, or into which he may first be brought." At the February term of the supreme court of the United States, 1818, however, there came on the case...

...of murder, committed on the high seas, shall be deemed piracy and murder, and that the trial of all crimes committed on the high seas, or in any place...where the offender is apprehended, or into which he H. OP R. Case of Jonathan Rabbins. may be first brought:' Therefore, the several questions, whether...

...committed on the high seas, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, shall be tried in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may.be first brought :' therefore the several ijucstions, whether the alleged crime of piracy and murder...

...the hic;h sens, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, should take place in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may be first brought. AUGUST 29, 1815. SIR: In answer to the question growing out of the letter from Commodore...

...on the high seas, or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, should take place in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may be first brought 116 The President does not possess the power to direct a person indicted for cheating...

...which shall be committed upon the high seas or elsewhere, out of the limits of any state or district, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may be first brought. SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That, in every case where any criminal convicted...

...congress (Sept. 24, 1789) mentioned in the last section. Stat. 1790, c. 36, § 8, also provides, that " the trial of crimes committed on the high seas, or...district where the offender is apprehended, or into which ho may be first brought." And see Ex parte Bollman, 4 Cranch, 75. 1 United States v. Coolidge, 1 Wheat....

...committed upon the sea, or elsewhere within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he may be first brought H. or R.] Crimet against the United States. [JANOABY, 1826. The fourteenth section...

...CODNTY, 43. 12. As murder committed on the high seas must, by the statute of 17!K), c. 36, § 8, be tried in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he is first brought, the circuit courts of the United States have jurisdiction of such case. United States...

...708. 7. The law of the United States declares, that murder committed on the high seas shall be tried in the district where the offender is apprehended, or into which he is first brought ; and therefore the circuit court has jurisdiction in a case arising under the authority...