In re Ross

Infobox SCOTUS case
Litigants=In re Ross
ArgueDateA=April 30
ArgueDateB=May 1
ArgueYear=1891
DecideDate=May 25
DecideYear=1891
FullName=Ross v. McIntyre, Superintendent of the Penitentiary of the State of New York at Albany
USVol=140
USPage=453
Citation=11 S. Ct. 897; 35 L. Ed. 581; 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2479
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Holding=A vessel being American is evidence that the seamen on board are such.
SCOTUS=1890-1891
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"In re Ross" or "Ross v. McIntyre", ussc|140|453|1891, was a United States Supreme Court case decided on May 21, 1891. It dealt with the application of US law to foreign sailors on US flagged ships while in another country.

John M. Ross, a sailor on the American ship "Bullion", was convicted of murder on the ship while it was in Yokohama before the US consul general at Kanagawa. He was sentenced to death, but President Rutherford B. Hayes commuted the sentence to a life sentence of hard labor at Albany penitentiary. Although Ross accepted the commutation, he later sought a writ of habeas corpus for his release on the grounds that having been born on Prince Edward Island he was a British subject and so not subject to the consular tribunal.

The court upheld the jurisdiction of the tribunal.

ee also

*List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 140

External links

* [http://supreme.justia.com/us/140/453/case.html ROSS v. MCINTYRE, 140 U.S. 453 (1891) at Justia.com]