 [ I ] f any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas , or in any river , haven , basin or bay , out of the jurisdiction of any particular state , murder or robbery , or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county , would by <unk> of the United States be punishable with death ; or if any captain or mariner of any ship or other vessel , shall <unk> and feloniously run away with such ship or vessel , or any goods or merchandise to the value of fifty dollars , or yield up such ship or vessel voluntarily to any pirate ; or if any seaman shall lay violent hands upon his commander , thereby to hinder and prevent his fighting in defence of his ship or goods committed to his trust , or shall make a revolt in the ship ; every such offender shall be deemed , taken and adjudged to be a pirate and felon , and being thereof convicted , shall suffer death ; and the trial of crimes committed on the high seas , or in any place out of the jurisdiction of any particular state , shall be in the district where the offender is apprehended , or into which he may first be brought . 
