The jury could find that the defendant had broken and entered into the room of a nurse on the army transport docked at a pier in Richmond County, in the city of New York, with intent to commit a larceny of the personal property of said nurse. The pier was within the jurisdiction of the State of New York and the army transport docked there was on waters within the jurisdiction of this State. (United States v. Bevans, 3 Wheat. [U. S.] 336.) The power of Congress to exclude...
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