 On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who...  Annals of the Congress of the United States - Page 745by United States. Congress - 1852Full view - About this book
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1952 - 1030 pages
...Chief Justice Marshall said in Ex parte Bollman, 4 Cranch 75, 126, "If war be actually levied, ... all those who perform any part, however minute, or...action, and who are actually leagued in the general i KAWAKITA v. UNITED STATES. 739 717 Opinion of the Court. conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors."... | |
 | Aaron Burr - 1808 - 608 pages
..."if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force, a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or...general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors : but there must be an actual assembling of men, to constitute a levying of war." If therefore war... | |
 | T. Carpenter - 1808 - 482 pages
...of effecting by force, a treasonable purpose,' all those who perform any part, however minute, and however remote from the scene of action, and who are...general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors But there must be an actual assembling of men for the treasonable purpose, to constitute the levying... | |
 | 1808 - 652 pages
...that is, il a body of men be assembled, for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who arc actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors." Here then we find... | |
 | Aaron Burr - 1808 - 552 pages
...leagued in the general conspiracy, shall be considered as a traitor." The import of these words, " perform any part however minute or however remote from the scene of action," as meant by the supreme court, has certainly been misunderstood by gentlemen. Does the opinion of the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, William Cranch - 1812 - 516 pages
...commits one overt act under the statute of Edward, can be charged and convicted on proof of anor. ther overt act. If, then, procurement be an overt act of...remote from the scene of action, and who are actually in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors." This opinion does not touch the case... | |
 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - 1815 - 534 pages
...assembled for the purpose of effecting, by force, a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however remote from the scene of action, and who are...general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors. But there must be an actual assembling of men for the treasonable purpose, to constitute a levying... | |
 | 1827 - 520 pages
...that is, if a body of men be assembled, for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who arc actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors." Here then we find... | |
 | 1827 - 536 pages
...leagued in the general conspiracy, shall be considered as a traitor." The import of these words, " perform any part, however minute or however remote from the scene of action," as meant by the supreme court, has certainly been misunderstood by gentlemen. Does the opinion of the... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1862 - 628 pages
...is, if a body of men actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or...general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.' By thus committing treason, the party has broken his original bond of allegiance, and forfeited his... | |
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