Prize Jurisdiction: Argument of Isaiah T. Williams, Esq. Before His Honor, Judge Betts, Upon the Question of the Jurisdiction of the Prize Court, in the Case of a Vessel Captured for a Breach of the BlockadeJ.W. Bell, 1862 - 29 Seiten |
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... trading with the revolted colonies , on the high seas , or wherever found , and enabled the British Prize Court to condemn them " as if they were the property of an open enemy . " Without that act no capture would have been lawful ...
... trading with the revolted colonies , on the high seas , or wherever found , and enabled the British Prize Court to condemn them " as if they were the property of an open enemy . " Without that act no capture would have been lawful ...
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... trading in any port or place of the said col- onies , or going to trade , or coming from trading in any such port or place , ( except as therein after excepted , ) should become forfeited to his majesty , as if the same were the ships ...
... trading in any port or place of the said col- onies , or going to trade , or coming from trading in any such port or place , ( except as therein after excepted , ) should become forfeited to his majesty , as if the same were the ships ...
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... trading with rebels , can be inferred and assumed by a Prize Court so constituted , which is a Court of the law of nations only , in the face of , and in contradiction to , a specific municipal law which vests the special jurisdiction ...
... trading with rebels , can be inferred and assumed by a Prize Court so constituted , which is a Court of the law of nations only , in the face of , and in contradiction to , a specific municipal law which vests the special jurisdiction ...
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... trading there , were to be confiscated . " In the case of " The Louisa , ( Hay and Marriott , 145 , ) Sir James Marriott said , " The American prohibitory act reg- ulates the modes of proceeding ; " and he condemned the ship and stores ...
... trading there , were to be confiscated . " In the case of " The Louisa , ( Hay and Marriott , 145 , ) Sir James Marriott said , " The American prohibitory act reg- ulates the modes of proceeding ; " and he condemned the ship and stores ...
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... trading to this country . Are we prepared to do this ? There is innate evidence on the face of the Proclamation itself , that its promulgation by the President was intended only as a tem- porary measure , having for its object the ...
... trading to this country . Are we prepared to do this ? There is innate evidence on the face of the Proclamation itself , that its promulgation by the President was intended only as a tem- porary measure , having for its object the ...
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13th July 19th April act of 13th act of Parliament adjudged aid and comfort American attempting to enter authority of Congress bill of attainder blockade British civil claim close the ports cognizance Confederate confiscation Constitution conviction for treason Court of Admiralty criminal law dismiss District Court enforce equity exist feiture foreign power forfeited Gordon government and Congress Hay and Marriott held hostility inhabitants Instance Court insurrection insurrectionary international law jure belli Justice king King's law of nations lawfully levying libellants lien loyal citizens maritime lien measure municipal law neutral open enemy penalty ports of entry power to declare President Prize act Prize Court Prize of war prohibited Prohibitory Act property of rebels provisions question rebel property rebel ship rebellion rebellious recognized revenue seized ships and property Sir George Hay Sir James Marriott Sir William Scott sovereign Spain suit supposed ternational tion trading United vessel vested Wilmington word prize
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Seite 17 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Seite 8 - President: and if, while said ports are so closed, any ship or vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any articles subject to duties, shall attempt to enter any such port, the same, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.
Seite 8 - States; and that from and after fifteen days from the issuing of this proclamation all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States will be forfeited to the United States...
Seite 17 - These measures, whether strictly legal or not, were ventured upon, under what appeared to be a popular demand, and a public necessity; trusting then, as now, that Congress would readily ratify them.
Seite 28 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Seite 16 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, with a view to the same purposes before mentioned, and to the protection of the public peace, and the lives and property of quiet and orderly citizens pursuing their lawful occupations, until Congress shall have assembled...
Seite 3 - THE law of nations is a system of rules, deducible by natural reason, and established by universal consent among the civilized inhabitants of the world * ; in order to decide all disputes, to regulate all ceremonies and civilities, and to insure the observance of justice and good faith, in that intercourse which must frequently occur between two or more independent states, and the individuals belonging to each.
Seite 8 - ... that the inhabitants of such State, or any section or part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States, and thereupon all commercial intercourse, by and between the same and the citizens thereof, and the citizens of the rest of the United States, shall cease and be unlawful, so long as such condition of hostility shall continue...
Seite 11 - Place, shall become forfeited to His Majesty, as if the same were the Ships and Effects of open Enemies, and shall be so adjudged deemed and taken in all Courts of Admiralty, and in all other Courts whatsoever.
Seite 8 - President to be in insurrection into other parts of the United States, or of any vessel or vehicle conveying such property, or conveying persons to or from such State or section, or of any vessel belonging, in whole or in part, to any inhabitant of such State or section, may be prosecuted in any district into which the property so seized may be taken and proceedings instituted...