Federal Courts and Practice: All Sherman Law Trust Prosecutions and Syllabus of Equity, Jurisdiction, Pleading and Practice (Classic Reprint)

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Whereas, by the Ninth Article of the Confederation and perpetual union of the thirteen United States of America, it is agreed, that the United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power (inter ali) of appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas; And whereas it is expedient that such courts should be speedily erected, and it is reasonable that the same mode of trial should be adopted for offenders of this kind on the high seas, as is used for offenders of the like sort on land.

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