claim: the u.s. initially had three federal felonies: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting securities and money.
author: paul broun
evidence_1: the crimes act of 1790 formally titled an act for the punishment of certain  crimes against the ... the punishment of treason, piracy, counterfeiting, as well  as crimes ... prior to the crimes act, congress had passed very few federal  crimes. ... article three provides that: "treason against the united states, shall  consist only in ...
evidence_2: jul 3, 2013 ... the federal statute defining treason is almost a mirror image of this ... 8 of the  constitution to "define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high  seas. ... with the ability to punish those who counterfeit "the securities and ...  counterfeiting of u.s. currency today is almost always in paper bills, but ...
evidence_3: counterfeit money is imitation currency produced without the legal sanction of the  state or ... during world war ii, the nazis forged british pounds and american  dollars. ... there has been significant counterfeiting of euro banknotes and coins  since the .... australian federal police have charged two persons alleging to  have ...
evidence_4: "(jack kingston) had more earmarks at one time than every member of the  georgia delegation put together." ... the u.s. initially had three federal felonies:  treason, piracy, and counterfeiting securities and money. ... stimulus money  funded a government board that made recommendations that would cost  378,000 jobs and ...
evidence_5: nov 14, 2017 ... senior specialist in american public law ... the federal courts have long held  that a statute of limitations may ..... selected state felony statutes of limitation . ...  must be brought after a crime has been committed.3 “the purpose of a ...... (2) to  obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities, ...