The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesRiesenberg, Felix
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The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities
Riesenberg, Felix
Merchant marine -- United States; Navigation; Sailors
_First._ When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters
within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and
out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, or when committed
within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and
out of the jurisdiction of any particular State on board any vessel
belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen
thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the
United States, or of any State, Territory, or District thereof.
_Second._ When committed upon any vessel registered, licensed, or
enrolled under the laws of the United States, and being on a voyage
upon the waters of any of the Great Lakes, namely: Lake Superior, Lake
Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Saint Clair, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, or any
of the waters connecting any of said lakes, or upon the River Saint
Lawrence where the same constitutes the International boundary line.
_Third._ When committed within or on any lands reserved or acquired for
the exclusive use of the United States, and under the exclusive
jurisdiction thereof, or any place purchased or otherwise acquired by
the United States by consent of the legislature of the State in which
the same shall be, for the erection of a fort, magazine, arsenal,
dockyard, or other needful building.
_Fourth._ On any island, rock, or key, containing deposits of guano,
which may, at the discretion of the President, be considered as
appertaining to the United States. (R. S., 730; Mar. 3, 1911; sec. 42;
sec. 43; Mar. 4, 1909; sec. 272; Repeals R. S., 5339.)
Murder.
Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice
aforethought. Every murder perpetrated by poison, lying in wait, or any
other kind of willful, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated killing;
or committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any
arson, rape, burglary, or robbery; or perpetrated from a premeditated
design unlawfully and maliciously to effect the death of any human being
other than him who is killed, is murder in the first degree. Any other
murder is murder in the second degree. (Sec. 273.)
Manslaughter.
Manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice. It
is of two kinds:
_First._ Voluntary—Upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion.
_Second._ Involuntary—In the commission of an unlawful act not
amounting to a felony, or in the commission of a lawful act which might
produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and
circumspection.
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