Reports of Criminal Law Cases: Decided at the City-hall of the City of New York, with Notes and References, Volumen2Gould, Banks, 1851 |
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... duty of government to punish crimes . But the sovereign power has no right to take away the life of a fel- low being for slight offences . The following axioms , in criminal jurisprudence , may be laid down with some degree of certainty ...
... duty of government to punish crimes . But the sovereign power has no right to take away the life of a fel- low being for slight offences . The following axioms , in criminal jurisprudence , may be laid down with some degree of certainty ...
Página xix
... duty of the judge of that district where the delinquent is imprisoned , seasonably to issue , and of the marshal of ... duties which the court bail , Arrest , and process of removal . Limitation of Prosecutions . By the act of of the ...
... duty of the judge of that district where the delinquent is imprisoned , seasonably to issue , and of the marshal of ... duties which the court bail , Arrest , and process of removal . Limitation of Prosecutions . By the act of of the ...
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... duty to see that all the proceedings are regular ; to examine witnesses for the defendant ; to advise him for his benefit ; to hear his defence with patience ; and , in general , to take care that he is neither irregularly nor unjustly ...
... duty to see that all the proceedings are regular ; to examine witnesses for the defendant ; to advise him for his benefit ; to hear his defence with patience ; and , in general , to take care that he is neither irregularly nor unjustly ...
Página xxxi
... duty of congress to have defined the offence in terms : they having neglected to do so , no conviction could take place under the act . But it was decided congress had defined the crime with sufficient certainty : they may do it by an ...
... duty of congress to have defined the offence in terms : they having neglected to do so , no conviction could take place under the act . But it was decided congress had defined the crime with sufficient certainty : they may do it by an ...
Página xxxiv
... duty . If there be an endeavor to usurp the command and government of the ship , by combining the crew in hostility against the master and officers , this is properly an endeavor to make a re- volt ; and an endeavor to make a revolt ...
... duty . If there be an endeavor to usurp the command and government of the ship , by combining the crew in hostility against the master and officers , this is properly an endeavor to make a re- volt ; and an endeavor to make a revolt ...
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Reports of Criminal Law Cases: Decided at the City-Hall of the City of New ... Jacob D. Wheeler Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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Página xlviii - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for, any military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are (at) peace, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned...
Página lii - ... a copy of an indictment found or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any state or territory charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state or territory from whence the person so charged has fled...
Página l - ... by adding to the number of guns of such vessel, or by changing those on board of her for guns of a larger caliber, or by the addition thereto of any equipment solely applicable to war.
Página 191 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Página 191 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Página 496 - In every charge of murder, the fact of killing being first proved, all the circumstances of accident, necessity, or infirmity are to be satisfactorily proved by the prisoner, unless they arise out of the evidence produced against him; for the law presumeth the fact to have been founded in malice, until the contrary appeareth.
Página xix - ... arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States or territorial court as by this act has cognizance of the offence.
Página xxviii - ... 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 adjugcd to be a pirate and felon, and being thereof convicted, shall suffer death...
Página 499 - Manslaughter is therefore thus defined, the unlawful killing of another, without malice either express or implied : which may be either voluntarily, upon a sudden heat ; or involuntarily, but in the commission of some unlawful act.
Página 69 - 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. Provided, That writs of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to prisoners in gaol...