Bram v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1897-12-13

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Me. Justice White delivered the opinion of the court. This writ of error is prosecuted to' a verdict and- sentence thereon, by which the plaintiff was found guilty of murder, and condemned to suffer death. The homicide was committed on board the American ship Herbert Fuller while on the high seas bound from Boston to a port in South America. The accused was the first officer of the ship, and the deceased, of w…

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