...committed on land ; and that such piracy is cognizable in the circuit court. The words of the statute are, That if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas," &c. "murder or robbery, or any other offence* •which if committed within the body of a county, would...

...UNITED STATES. — By the 8th section of the act of congress, passed April 30lh, 1790, it is provided, " that if any person or persons, shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, bason, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder, &c. every such offender shall...

...is not punishable under the provisions of the 8th section of the act of 1790.' a Which provides, " That if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or 1820. Fourth, That the act of the 30th of April, 1790, u. states ^th section, " entitled an act for...

...exceeding three years, and fined not exceeding one thousand dollars. SEC. VIII. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, er bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, murder or robbery, or any other offence, which,...

...person or persons, shall commit upon the high seas. r• • i ' u • , r L Wiltbergtr. or in any nver, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, murder," &c. The 9th section of the act applies to a citizen who shall commit any of the offences described...

...Congress of 1790, ch. 9, sec. 8, which provides for the punishment of piracy and felony, "committed upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of any particular State." It xvill be observed, this act does not use the word coast, but evidently must have included...

...ground of its opinion. Thus it is enacted by the 8th section, that ' if any person shall commit murder upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state,' &c. But, in providing in the 12th section for the punishment of manslaughter, in describing...

...empire of China. tion of man The sec. 8, of the judiciary act, of 1790, declares, that if any committed person, or persons, shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any "^ tt fore'Sa river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder,...

...the authority of the admiralty, perhaps to a more enlarged extent. The additional words of the act, "in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state," refer to such places without any of the United States, and not without foreign states, as will...

...United States." That section gives the courts of the union cognizance of certain offences committed on the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay out of the jurisdiction of anj particular state. Whatever may be the constitutional power of congress, it is clear that this power...