Report of the Case of the Steamship Meteor: Libelled for Alleged Violation of the Neutrality Act ...Little, Brown,, 1869 |
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... suppose , if your Honor please , that the rule of the Court as to the bonding of vessels is based upon the Revenue Act , and that bonding is permitted only in cases where vessels are seized under and by virtue of that act . Independent ...
... suppose , if your Honor please , that the rule of the Court as to the bonding of vessels is based upon the Revenue Act , and that bonding is permitted only in cases where vessels are seized under and by virtue of that act . Independent ...
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... suppose , for the sake of argument , that this ship should be bonded . When she is bonded she is free to leave this port she does so , goes to another port , fits out for sea , and at once proceeds on the predatory cruise , to put a ...
... suppose , for the sake of argument , that this ship should be bonded . When she is bonded she is free to leave this port she does so , goes to another port , fits out for sea , and at once proceeds on the predatory cruise , to put a ...
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... suppose , he would consider , when a slaver is admitted to bond , that it is a license that the slaver shall go on a slave cruise to the coast of Africa . This is a mere confusion of ideas . - Why , your Honor , it is not more , I was ...
... suppose , he would consider , when a slaver is admitted to bond , that it is a license that the slaver shall go on a slave cruise to the coast of Africa . This is a mere confusion of ideas . - Why , your Honor , it is not more , I was ...
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... suppose is the limit of executive interference in that case ? It is till the owners shall give a bond , and that is all . And yet your Honor is asked , by a judicial usurpation , to go beyond your duty and the inquiring into past crime ...
... suppose is the limit of executive interference in that case ? It is till the owners shall give a bond , and that is all . And yet your Honor is asked , by a judicial usurpation , to go beyond your duty and the inquiring into past crime ...
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... similar circumstances , and I suppose the same question came up then . Now , I ask your Honor , is there anything in the act which • authorizes the bonding , by stipulation or otherwise , 18 THE CASE OF THE STEAMSHIP METEOR .
... similar circumstances , and I suppose the same question came up then . Now , I ask your Honor , is there anything in the act which • authorizes the bonding , by stipulation or otherwise , 18 THE CASE OF THE STEAMSHIP METEOR .
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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...