...treaty stipulations or international law are deemed piratical, the vessel loses its national character, and becomes amenable to the tribunals competent to decide upon this heinous offence. Sir. Leoline Jenkins , in his charge at the Admiralty Sessions, at the Old Bailey, in 1668, says: "A robbery, when 'tis committed on land, does imply three things: 1st. That there be a violent assault. 2d. Th...