[250] Elliot, V. 436.
[251] That is to say, it is the same crime, committed on the high seas, that is denominated robbery when committed on the land.
[252] Madison, Elliot, V. 436, 437.
[253] In the clause as it passed the Convention, the offence of counterfeiting was placed with the other crimes which Congress was to "define" and "punish"; but, on the revision of the Constitution, counterfeiting was placed in a separate clause, under the term "to provide for the punishment of," &c. See Art. I. § 8, clauses 6, 10.
[254] Elliot, V. 438, 439.
[255] Elliot, V. 440, 510, 511.
[256] Ibid. 442.
[257] Ibid. 443.
[258] Ibid. 440.
[259] Elliot, V. 510, 511. Constitution, Art. 1. § 8, clause 12.