Excerpt from Supreme Court of the United States, December Term, 1862, Vol. 134: The Case of the Brillante, a Mexican Vessel Condemned as Prize, Under the Presidents Proclamation of April 19, 1861, Brief of Mr. Carlisle, for the Claimants And I hereby proclaim, that if any person, under the pre tended authority of the said States, or under any other pre tence, shall molest a vessel of the United States, or the persons or cargo on board of her, such person will be held amenable to the laws of the United States, for the prevention and punish ment of piracy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.