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Adam's case

1 N.C. 47
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina·Decided July 1, 1793·Published

Opinion

Jones, J.

said if one says of I. S.: He is a, thievish knave, it is not actionable; but a thievish pirate is actionable; and he added a pirate is triable in the court of Admiralty for restitution of goods, but for his life he is triable by commission at Oyer, &c. 4 Rep. 19.

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