American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-03-29
LAWS OF THE UNITED SIXTIES.

AN ACT more eifectualy to provide for the punishment
OF certain crimes against the United States and for other
purposes
ne enacted by tie Senate and House Of Representatives Of
the United States Of America Congress assembled That if
any person persons within any fort dock yard, navy
yard arsenal, armory or magazine, the site whereof is
coded to, and under the jurisdiction Of the United States
or on the site of any lighthouse other needu building
belonging to the United States the site whereof coded
to them, and under their jurisdiction aforesaid, SHALL
WILDLY and maciously, burn any dwelling house,
SION house, any store barn. stable other building,
parcel of any dwelling mansion house, every person
offending his or her counselors aders and abeors shall
be deemed guilty of felony, and SHALL conviction there
of, suffer death.
Sec .. And be further enacted That, f any person
person IN any OF the places aforesaid, shall, wfy and
macousy set fire to- burn, any arsenal armory, maya
zine, ropewak shiphouse re-house, block house,
barrack any barn. STABLE not parcel of
dwelling house, or any other building not mentioned in
the first section of this act any ship vessel built
building, or begun to be built repairing, any light
house, or beacon any timber, cables rigging, other
materials for building, repairing, or fitting out, ships
vessels, or any pile OF wood boards, other lumber
any military, naval victuang stores arms, other
munitions of war; every person, offending his or her
counseors ades, and aettors, shall be deemed guilty of
felony and shall, conviction thereof be punished by
fine, not exceeding five thousand dollars and by imprson-
ment and confinement to hard labor not exceeding ten
years. according to the aggravatlon OF the offence.
Sec. g. .4nd be ii further enacted That if any offence
shall be committed any of the places aforesaid the pun
shment of which offence is specially provided for by
any law of the United States, such offence shall, upon
conviction in any of the United States, having cog
nzance thereof be liable to, and receive, the pun
shment the laws of the sate in which such fort dock
yard yard, arsenal armory, magazine, other
place. coded aforesaid is situated, provide for the like
offence, when committed within the body of any county
such state
Sec a. .And be further enacted That if any person
persons upon the high seas any of the sea,
in any river, haven, creek BASIN bay, within the adj
miray and maritime jurisdiction OF the United States and
out Of the jurisdiction of any particular state, shall commit
he crime of wul murder, rape, shall, wfully and
macously strike, stab wound, poison, shoot at any
other person, of which striking sabbing, wounng poison
ing or shooting such person shall afterwards de upon
land within or without the United States, every person so
offending. his or her counseors aders, abeors shall
be deemed guilty of felony and SHALL upon conviction
thereof suffer death
i Sec S. ind be il further enacted That if any offence
shall be committed on board of any ship or vessel belong
ing any citizen citizens of the United States while
state or sovereign by any person belonging the com
pany said Ship any passenger any other person
ger lie same offence shall be cognizae and punishable
by the proper Circuit Court of the United States in the
same way and and under the same circumstances
as If said offence had been committed board of such
ship vessel the high seas, and without the ursdic
ton Of such foreign sovereign or state Pro1ded Arrays
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ch frrn state or sovereign he shall not be subject ia
another trial in any court of the United States.
Sec. g. Ind be further enacted That 1t any person OF
persons. upon te hsh seas OF IN any arm 1 .ne sea- o
rw nd narme Jurisdiction of the United States and
ont Of the jurisdiction Of anv particular state SHALL by sur
PRISE or by open force violence malciousy attack
upon any ship or vessel belonging in whole or in part
to the United states, or 10 any cezen or czens
% =, Uer % shn or vessel ar 70 Jesno any
or thereof Of anv goods or merchan
dse laden board thereof; SHALL by force violence
or by putting in fear, unlawuly plumber any such ship OF
Vessel or steal and carry away any soods or
;n hi; o her counselIors a;ders or abettor, shall he
deemed guilty of felony and shall on conviction thereof
be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars
and by Imprisonment and confinement to hard labor no
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