U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York July 1, 1843 (United States v. Jenkins)

THOMPSON, Circuit Justice.

In the First circuit in the case of U. S. v. Rogers [Case No. 16,189], Judge Story decided that seamen then under an indictment for an endeavor to revolt, who had shipped on board of an American vessel for a voyage on the high seas, and the vessel had sailed without a register or enrolment and license pursuant to the act of congress 1793, could not be convicted; that