ukpga/Will4and1Vict/7/88 — Piracy Act 1837

Piracy Act 1837 1837 c.88 An Act to amend certain Acts relating to the Crime of Piracy. [17th July 1837] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Punishment of piracy when murder is attempted. 2 Whosoever, with intent to commit or at the time of or immediately before or immediately after committing the crime of piracy in respect of any ship or vessel, shall assault, with intent to murder, any person being on board of or belonging to such ship or vessel, or shall stab, cut, or wound any such person, or unlawfully do any act by which the life of such person may be endangered, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof shall be liable to imprisonment for life . . . . Persons guilty of piracy to be transported. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Punishment of accessories. 4 In the case of every felony punishable under this Act every principal in the second degree and every accessory before the fact shall be punishable . . . in the same manner as the principal in the first degree is by this Act punishable; and every accessory after the fact to any felony punishable under this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7