UNITED STATES v. HAYNES

No. 400, Docket 26023.

291 F.2d 166 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Coner Elmer HAYNES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Steiner, New York City (Anthony F. Marra, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Grenville Garside, Asst. U. S. Atty., S. D. New York, New York City (Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., and George I. Gordon, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Coner Elmer Haynes, a merchant seaman, appeals from his conviction of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm. 18 U.S.C. § 113 (c). Jurisdiction lies in the federal courts because the assault occurred in the Persian Gulf "within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States * * * [on a] vessel belonging to [a United States citizen] * *". 18 U.S.C. § 7, and venue was properly laid in the Southern District because...

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