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1038 Tm.; ¤.xx.—oa1MEs.-on. 3. Murder- Sec. 53`3/Q: llilvery gerson who commits m¤5rder—— _ I th —30 A ·,_ 90, _ First. it in any ort, arsenal oc - ar magazine or in an o er 9, s. 3, gi, :7113.0 place or district of country under the excllusxvie jurisdictibn of thellniwd 3 Mar., 1825, c. mms- “5E,”·,;·;'·4ij,’;,gl5· Secdnd. Or upon the high seas, or_ in any arm of the sea or in any 1,,5_‘,._”1g pp_,{7§' river, haven, creek, basin, or bay within the admiralty and maritime 480. ’ ’ jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the ]ur1sd1ction of any par- EU. s. ,·. McGill,4 ti¢¤l¤`§¤' $l¤¤t€; _ _ _ Dall., 426; U. S. r. Third. Or who upon any such waters maliciously strikes, stabs, g¤§¤¤;¤,%_;l3;;]336g wounds, poisons, or_ shoots at any other person. of which striking, stabwh: i84_ U. SQ?. bing, wounding, poisomng,_or shooting} such other person d1es,c1theron H0],},u,’5wh_,,m; lan or at sea, within or without the lmted States, shall suffer death. U. S. . Ma ha t [9•¤ 55 5$2$·5$26-l and Oldlsonrl`2 ililh., 480; U. S. r. Magill, 1 Wash., 463; U. S. r. Ross, 1 Gallis, 624; U. S. 11S0C0g1lb 2BMasH 91; S. r. Freeman, 4 Mas., 505; V. S. z·. Drew, 5 Mas.,28; U. S. v. ug ,.. latc .,20. Deliyery _<>f of- Sec. 5340. The court before which any person is convicted of murder, f§‘;‘;,:¤b°£gc;°’ may, in its discretion, add to the judgment of death, that the body of .*_T3_.; the offender be delivered to a surgeon for dissection; and the marshal 30AP¤l, 1790, c- who executes such judgment shal deliver the body, after execution, to 9-3* 4- “L P· 113* such surgeon as the court may direct; and such surgeon, or some person by him appointed, shall receive and take away the body at the t1me of execution. [SMS540i-] M¤¤¤l¤¤zh|>•>r- Sec. 5341. Every person who, within any of the places or upon any '}b,d__,,_·;_ of the waters described in section fifty-three hundred and thirty-nine, 3 Mar., 1857, c. unlawfully and willfully, but without malice, strikes, stabs, wounds, or U6, $-1,*- U, D- shoots at, or otherwise injures another, of which striking, stabbing, 250 wounding, shooting, or •other injuxiy such other person dies, either on ` 1'.S.e-. lmbert,4 land or sea, within or without the nited States, is guilty of the crime V¤¤h·, 702- of manslaughter. _A'¤*¢¤¤ **0 <‘¤m· Sec. 5342. Every person who, within any of the places or upon any

‘;m,;;‘f”'°'m“"` of the waters described in section fifty-three hundred and thirty-nine,

?%;ié5$_ attempts to commit the crime of murder or manslaughter, by any mega? M'-, , G- not constituting the offense of assault with a dan erous weapon s a gg °‘ 2* v‘ 11* p‘ be punished by imprisonment, with or without harddabor, not mort than ` _ three years, and by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. I’¤¤¤¤h¤¤¤¤* of Sec. 5343. The punishment of manslaughter shall be imprisonment, 'B“3'5“;l:B$?t%’T with or without hard labor, not more than three years, and by a fine of €’"* >°‘ not more than one thousand dollars, except as otherwise specially pro- °*§· },),;‘·{’,,,f}’·"·c vided by uw. 116, s. 3, 11, 250. Amended 3 Mar., 1875, c. 138, ss. 1, 2, r. 18, p. 473. O*ll¤¢*>¥‘¤¤¤d<>W¤· Sec. 5344. Every captain engineer pilot, or other person employed f;",;; “?":},l:‘;‘;,*: on any steamboat or vessel: by whose; misconduct, negligence, or inatm,,,,,0,,§,,ct’ &,,__ tention to his dut1es_on such vessel, the l1fe of any person IS destroyed, life is lost, guilty and every owner, inspector, or other_public officer, through w ose 0* ¤¤¤¤¤l¤·¤8ht¤¤‘- fraud, conmvance, m1sconduct, or violation of law, the life of any per- 28 Feb" 1871, c_ son is destroyed, shall be deemed guilty of manslaughterhand, upon 100, s. 57, v.16, p, conv1ction thereof before any circuit court of the United States, s all 456- _ be sentenced to confinement at hard labor for a period of not more than U_S_ ,_F haten years, {Secs5A2s!--H10, 4399-4500.] 2 Blatdh.,a52z8; S. v. Warren, 4 McLean, 463; U. S. r. Taylor, 5 McLean,42. ..B§P°· Sec. 5345. Every rson who, within any of the laces or u n any of . P° , . p _ P9 3 Mar., 1825, c. the waters specified in section fifty-three hundred and thirty-nme. com- 65,¤- 4, */-*4,1}-115- mits the crime of rape shall suffer death. d Amult Wlih 8 Sec. 53+6. Every person who, upon the high seas, or in any arm of the

‘ sea, or in any rivexg haven, creek, basin, or bay, within. the admiralty

Ibnd.,s.22,p.121. jurisdiction of the Lmted States, and out of the jur1sd1ction of any pm'- ’{;}#j,_ 6,.,,,,,,5 t1cular State, on board any vessel belongin in whole or part to tlw M¤§,,29o, United States, or any citizen thereof, with aglangerous weapon, 0F Will! Wt ] s. Ai-wo, 19 intent to perpetrate any felony, commits an assault on another shall be “ ‘· · punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars, and by 1mpr1sonment at hard labor not more than three years.