United States v. Jackalow, 66 U.S. (1 Black) 484 (1862), is a U.S. Supreme Court case interpreting the Venue and Vicinage clauses of the United States Constitution. It was an "unusual criminal case" [1] and one of the few constitutional criminal cases from the Taney Court.

This was an indictment against John, alias Johnny, alias John Canoe, alias Jackalow, a native of the Loo Choo Islands, for piracy on the high seas, found and tried in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey, and came into the Supreme court on a certificate of the judges that they were divided in opinion.

This was an indictment against John, alias Johnny, alias John Canoe, alias Jackalow, a native of the Loo Choo Islands, for piracy on the high seas, found and tried in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of New Jersey, and came into the Supreme Court on a certificate of the judges that they were divided in opinion.

U.S. Reports: United States vs. Jackalow, 66 U.S. 1 Black 484. 1861. Periodical. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/usrep066484/>.

No counsel appeared for Jackalow. Mr. Justice NELSON. This case comes before us on a division of opinion of the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of New Jersey.

JACKALOW is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 1862. The case was argued before the court on March 18, 1862. The U.S. Supreme Court examined the lower court's certified question. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. Circuit for (all) District (s) of New Jersey. [1]

This was an indictment against John, alias Johnny, alias John Canoe, alias Jackalow, a native of the Loo Choo Islands, for piracy on the high seas, found and tried in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of New Jersey, and came into the Supreme Court on a certificate of the judges that they were divided in opinion.

In many of the statutes prescribing offences against the laws of the United States, there is an express limitation excluding offences committed within the jurisdiction of a State. The acts of 1790 and 1825 are of this description.

They failed to prove that the money taken from JACKALOW belonged to the LEETES. They had failed to identify the money, and the defence was not compelled to show how the prisoner came by it until...

The act of piratical murder by Jackalow was alleged to have occurred on the high seas, between the waters within the jurisdiction of the states of New York and Connecticut; New Jersey was the first state into which Jackalow was brought upon capture.