Report of the Case of the Steamship Meteor: Libelled for Alleged Violation of the Neutrality Act ...Little, Brown,, 1869 |
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... libel a vessel for their private claims , they are liable in damages for any detention without probable cause . It is not so with the government . The prosecuting officers of the United States are intrusted with enormous powers against ...
... libel a vessel for their private claims , they are liable in damages for any detention without probable cause . It is not so with the government . The prosecuting officers of the United States are intrusted with enormous powers against ...
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... libel was pending , to have the ship appraised , and delivered up on bond , — a legal remedy which had never been refused , even to a red - handed slaver . This application was argued on the 14th March , 1866 , and was met by the ...
... libel was pending , to have the ship appraised , and delivered up on bond , — a legal remedy which had never been refused , even to a red - handed slaver . This application was argued on the 14th March , 1866 , and was met by the ...
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... libel of information was filed under that section , and it contains , if your Honor please , six different counts , concluding in the usual form , according to the words of the statute . After that libel had been framed and due service ...
... libel of information was filed under that section , and it contains , if your Honor please , six different counts , concluding in the usual form , according to the words of the statute . After that libel had been framed and due service ...
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... libel are that the vessel in custody has been fitted out and is intended to be used for hostile purposes against a nation with whom the United States is at peace . These allega- tions are denied only by an answer unsworn to by either of ...
... libel are that the vessel in custody has been fitted out and is intended to be used for hostile purposes against a nation with whom the United States is at peace . These allega- tions are denied only by an answer unsworn to by either of ...
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... libel and in the manner in which this vessel appears , from the libel , to have been seized . We submit that the power to bond vessels is derived en- tirely from the eighty - ninth section of the act of 2d March , 1799 , known as the ...
... libel and in the manner in which this vessel appears , from the libel , to have been seized . We submit that the power to bond vessels is derived en- tirely from the eighty - ninth section of the act of 2d March , 1799 , known as the ...
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admiralty agent alleged answer armed vessel asked belligerent bond Byron Captain cargo Cary Chile Chilian government Chilian Minister CHOATE citizens claim commerce commission commit hostilities Conkling conversation conviction counsel COURTNEY crime criminal cruise or commit cruiser District Attorney District Court employed equipment EVARTS evidence filed fitting Forbes & Co foreign forfeiture furnishing Gran Para guilt guns Honor intent interest interview J. M. Forbes JUDGE NELSON knowingly concerned learned friend letters of marque libel Mackenna McNichols ment Messrs nations Neutrality Act Objected offence owners Panama Parrott guns parties peace person port proof prove purpose question R. B. Forbes remember Rogers Sandy Hook Santissima Trinidad seizure sell ship or vessel Southern District SOUTHMAYD Spain statute steamer steamship Meteor suppose Supreme Court tackle testimony tion told trial UNITED STATES DISTRICT violation voyage warlike WEBSTER William H witness Wright York
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Página 244 - ... colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Página 145 - States shall then be at peace with such belligerent.) 8. Fitting out and arming, or attempting to fit out and arm, or procuring to be fitted out and armed, or knowingly being concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel with intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of either of the said belligerents. 9. Issuing or delivering a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States for any ship or vessel to the intent that she may...
Página 31 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered...
Página 339 - ... for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Página 145 - ... more than three years ; and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Página 87 - But there is nothing in our laws, or in the law of nations, that forbids our citizens from sending armed vessels, as well as munitions of war, to foreign ports for sale. It is a commercial adventure which no nation is bound to prohibit, and which only exposes the persons engaged in it to the penalty of confiscation.
Página 2 - That if any person shall, within the limits of the United States, fit out and arm, or attempt to fit out and arm, or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel...
Página 31 - State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined no: exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding three years...
Página 58 - ... be forfeited; and it shall be lawful for any officer of His Majesty's customs or excise, or any officer of His Majesty's navy who is by law empowered to make seizures for any forfeiture incurred under any of the laws of customs or excise, or the laws of trade and navigation...
Página 245 - ... or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district or people, with whom the United States are at peace, or shall issue or deliver a commission within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States...