Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-04-26

shall, by surprise, or by open force or
violence, maiiciously attack or Sc, upon,
any snip OF vessel belonging, in whole
or in part, 70 The Cnited States, or 10 any
citizen or citizens thereof, or 10 any other
gerson whatsoever, with an intent unlaw-
+ iu!ly to piuDder the same ship OF YES
sci, CT TO despoil any owner or owners
thereof OF any moneys, goods, or mer-
! chandise, laden on board thereof; or
shall, by force or violence, or by putting
in fear, unlawiully plunder any such ship
or vessel, or steal and carry away any
money, goods, or merchandise, laden on
b3aHd thereof; every person, SO Offend
ing, his or her counsellors, aidors, or
abettors, shall be deemed guilty OF ieio-
! ny, and shall, on conviction thereof, be
punished by fine not ding five thou
sand dollars, and by Imprisonment and
| confinement 10 hard labor. not exceeding
ten years, according TO the aggraVation
oil the offence.
Sec. z. Ind be it f4rtAer euac.ed,
That il any person or persons upon the
high seas, or in any other Of the places
aforesaid, with intent to kill, rob, steal,
commit rape, or 10 do or perpetrate
any other ielony, shall break or enter
any ship or vessel, boat, or raft or ii
any person or persons shall wilfu'.y and
| maliciousIy cut, spell, or destroy, any
cordage, cable, buoys, buoyrope, head
fast, or other fast, fixed to a,y anchor or
moorlngs, belonging to any ship, vessel,
boa. CT raft; every person, SO offending,
his or her counsellofs, aiders, and abe,-
lors, shall be deemed gully 81 felony,
and shall, on conviction ihet eoi, be p,.-
nished by fine, not exceeding one thou
sand dollars, aud by Imprisonment and
coufDement 10 hard labor, mol exec eding
Eve years, according y The aggravation
Of the oii'ence.
Sec 8. Ind be it GrtAer eaacted,
hai II any person or p raons upon tae
high seas, or in any other OF the places
aforesaid, shall buy, receive, or conceal,
or aid in conceaiDg, any money, goods,
bank notes, or other effects Or things
which may be the SUBJECT OF larceny,
which have been tclcnioosly taken or
stolen, from any other person, knowing
The same TO have been SO taken or SO
len, every person SO offending shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
may be prosecuted therefor, although
he principal offender chargeable, or
charged with the larceny, shall not have
been prosecuted or convicted thereof !;
and shall, on conviction thereof, be pu-
Il bn,
sand dollars, and imprisonment and con-
6nement to hard labor, not exceeding
three years, according 10 the agsraya-
ion CT the offence.
Sec 9. ind be it fUrther enacted,
That, IL any person or persons Shall
plumber, steal, or destroy any money,
goods, merchandise, Or other effects,
from, or belonging TO, any ship OR vessel,
or boat, or raft, which shall be in dis
tress, G. which shall be wrecked, lost,
stranded, or cast away, upon the sea, or
upon any reef, shoal, bank, or rocks oi
The sea, or in any other place within The
admiralty and maritime jurisdiction OF
the United States or ii any person or
persons shall wiifully obslruct the escape
of any person endcavoring to save his oil
her life from such ship or vesse', boat,
OF raft, or the wreck thereof; or, il any
person or persons shall hold out OF shew
any false light or lights, or exlin .guish
any true light, with intention to bring
any ship or vessel, boat or raft, being or
sailing upon the sea, into danger, or dis
'ress, or shipwreck, every person, SO Of
Tending, his or her counsellors, aiders,
felony, and shall, on conviction thereof,
be punished by fine, not exceeding five
thousand dollars, and Imprisonment AMI
confinement TO hard labor, not exceeding
ten years, according 10 the aggrava'ion
Of the offence.
Sec TO- .4nd be it further enacted
That, il any master or commander OF any
ship or vessel, belonging, IN whole or IN
part, to any citizen or citizens OF the
United States, shall, during, his being
abroad, ma.iciously, and withou, Iuslifia-
BILE cause, force any officer, or mariner,
of such ship or vessel, on shore, or leave
him behind, in any foreign port or place,
or refuse to bring home again all such
OF the Ulcers and mariners OF such ship
or vessel, whom he carried out with
him, as are in condition to return, and
willing to return, when he shall be ready
to proceed in his homeward voyage, eve
nv master or commander, SO offending,
shall, on conviction thereof, be punished
by fine, not exceeding FIVE hundred dol.
lars, or by Imprisonment, not exceeding