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Senator (and future Chief Justice) Oliver Ellsworth was the drafter of the Crimes Act. The Crimes Act of 1790 (or the Federal Criminal Code of 1790), [1] formally titled An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States, defined some of the first federal crimes in the United States and expanded on the criminal procedure provisions of the Judiciary Act of 1789. [2]
Dec. 27, 1790: Provisions of the Act for the Collection of Duties extended to act of August 10, 1790. An Act supplementary to the act intitled “An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States.” Sess. 3, ch. 1 1 Stat. 188 (chapter 1) 2: Jan. 7, 1791: Unlading of Ships and Vessels in cases of Obstruction by Ice.
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The Crimes Act of 1825 (also known as the Federal Criminal Code of 1825), [1] formally titled An Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes, was the first piece of omnibus federal criminal legislation since the Crimes Act of 1790. In general, the 1825 act provided more ...
The Crimes Act of 1790 gave 20 peremptory challenges to capital defendants and 35 to treason defendants. An 1840 statute provided that federal jury selection should follow state procedures in the absence of a more specific federal statute. [52] In United States v.
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