 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 694 pages
...of the Union remains neutral, but recognizes the existence of a civil war, the Courts of the Union cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...and which the new government may direct against its enemy." Why can they not consider these acts of hostility as criminal ? Because war authorizes them,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1818 - 712 pages
...the government re~ U. States mains neutral, anJ recognizes the existence of a civil Twar, its courts cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...and which the new government may direct against its enemy. To decide otherwise, would be to determine that the w:ir prosecuted by one of the parties was... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1818 - 712 pages
...neutral, an. I recognizes the existence of a civil r, • i • • i .1 i Pulraor. •war, its courts cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...which war authorizes, and which the new government m;iy direct against its enemy. To decide otherwise,. would be to determine that the w:ir prosecuted... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1822 - 666 pages
...of the Union remains neutral, but recognizes the existence of a civil war, the Courts of the Union cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...and which the new government may direct against its enemy." Why can they not consider these acts of hostility as criminal ? Because war authorizes them,... | |
 | Nathan Dane - Law - 1824 - 726 pages
...neutral and recognise the civil war, the courts of the Union cannot consider as criminal, those acls of hostility which war authorizes, and which the new government may direct against its enemy." And generally the same evidence applies to it as to an acknowledged slate, to prove a vessel... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Criminal law - 1825 - 612 pages
...of the union remains neutral, but recognizes the existence of a civil war, the courts of the union cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...and which the new government may direct against its enemy. These principles are derived from elementary writers of established reputation, and adopted... | |
 | Daniel Bryant Tallmadge - Canada - 1841 - 58 pages
...generally, that if the Government remains neutral, and recognises the existence of a civil war, its courts cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...and which the new Government may direct against its enemy. To decide otherwise would be to determine that the war prosecuted by one of the parties was... | |
 | United States - 1848
...that government remains neutral, but recognises the existence of a civil war, the courts of the Union cannot consider as criminal, those acts of hostility...and which the new government may direct against its enemy. Itiid. The same testimony which would be sufficient to prove that a vessel or person is in the... | |
 | Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 792 pages
...that government remains neutral, but recognises the existence of a civil war, the courts of the Union cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...and which the new government may direct against its enemy. Ihn!. Piracy. 5. The same testimony which would be sufficient to prove that a vessel or person... | |
 | Isaiah T. Williams - Maritime law - 1862 - 42 pages
...government of the Union remains neutral, but recognizes the existence of civil war, the courts of the Union cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility...authorizes, and which the new government may direct against the enemy."It is not, therefore, upon any recognized principles of public law that the courts of the... | |
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... courts cannot consider as criminal those acts of hostility which war authorizes, and which the new government may direct against its enemy... 
