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...and proceedings hereinafter mentioned, shall be exclusive of the courts of the several states, first, of all crimes and offenses cognizable under the authority of the United States/' etc. The act made punishable by our statute is not made an offense by the laws of the United...

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...of the Judiciary Act of 1789 — which provided that circuit courts "shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offenses cognizable under the authority of the United States "110 Forceful rescue of prize, it would seem clear, was one such crime. But Story went further,...

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...court judge and two Supreme Court Justices, pursuant to section 4 of the Acthad exclusive jurisdiction of "all crimes and offenses cognizable under the authority of the United States," with some exceptions, the district courts also had jurisdiction over less serious crimes....

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...absence of jurisdiction was not so clear. The Judiciary Act of 1789 gave the circuit courts "cognizance of all crimes and offenses cognizable under the authority of the United States." Ch. 20, ss 11,1 Stat. 73,79 (repealed 1911). Justice Story argued that this provision "both...

...of the United States, by force of section 711 of the Revised Statutes of 1874. That section provides that the jurisdiction vested in the courts of the...States, "of all crimes and offenses cognizable under the laws of the united States, shall be exclusive of the courts of the several states." By section 5328...