United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volumen71U.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 |
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... trial of offences and the redress of grievances , the usages of war could not , under the Constitution , afford any sanction for the trial there of a citizen in civil life , not connected with the military or naval service , by a ...
... trial of offences and the redress of grievances , the usages of war could not , under the Constitution , afford any sanction for the trial there of a citizen in civil life , not connected with the military or naval service , by a ...
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... trial and punishment by courts martial or military commission . " Second . That the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in re- spect to all persons arrested , or who now , or hereafter during the Rebellion shall be , imprisoned in any ...
... trial and punishment by courts martial or military commission . " Second . That the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in re- spect to all persons arrested , or who now , or hereafter during the Rebellion shall be , imprisoned in any ...
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... trial , not to interfere with the case of prisoners undergoing trial . Its purpose was to make it certain that such persons should be tried . Notwithstanding , therefore , the act of March 3 , 1863 , the commission had jurisdiction ...
... trial , not to interfere with the case of prisoners undergoing trial . Its purpose was to make it certain that such persons should be tried . Notwithstanding , therefore , the act of March 3 , 1863 , the commission had jurisdiction ...
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... trial . The answer is , first , that there has been a trial , in its proper sense , as applicable to this case . The facts are all before the court . A return could not vary them . The case has been heard upon the petition , as if that ...
... trial . The answer is , first , that there has been a trial , in its proper sense , as applicable to this case . The facts are all before the court . A return could not vary them . The case has been heard upon the petition , as if that ...
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... trial of the petitioners upon the charges upon which they were convicted and sentenced ? Second . If it was not a competent tribunal , could the pe- titioners be released by the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of ...
... trial of the petitioners upon the charges upon which they were convicted and sentenced ? Second . If it was not a competent tribunal , could the pe- titioners be released by the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of ...
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Página 333 - I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Página 121 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great, exigencies of government.
Página 556 - Of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common,law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it Fourth.
Página 363 - The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like.
Página 386 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Página 401 - The question remains whether the plaintiff has made out his title; for he must recover (if at all) upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversaries.
Página 4 - And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment.
Página 536 - The contract between Georgia and the purchasers was executed by the grant. A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. A party is, therefore, always estopped by his own grant.
Página 300 - Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the time of the commission of the offense, in order to convict the offender.
Página 374 - I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...