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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... passed 8th May , 1798 , sec . 32. , ' it is declared , " The manner of inflicting the punishment of death , shall be by hanging the person convicted , by the neck , until dead . " And also by the act of 30th of April , 1790 , sec . 4 ...
... passed 8th May , 1798 , sec . 32. , ' it is declared , " The manner of inflicting the punishment of death , shall be by hanging the person convicted , by the neck , until dead . " And also by the act of 30th of April , 1790 , sec . 4 ...
Página xvi
... passing counterfeit bank notes , know- ing them to be counterfeit , if the juror had declared , that though uncertain as to the fact of passing the notes , he was confident the prisoner knew them to be counterfeit , it would be a ...
... passing counterfeit bank notes , know- ing them to be counterfeit , if the juror had declared , that though uncertain as to the fact of passing the notes , he was confident the prisoner knew them to be counterfeit , it would be a ...
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... passed March 2d , 1793 , bail may be taken by any chancellor , judge of the supreme or superior court , or chief or first judge of a court of common pleas of any state , or mayor of a city , or either of them . Although the above act of ...
... passed March 2d , 1793 , bail may be taken by any chancellor , judge of the supreme or superior court , or chief or first judge of a court of common pleas of any state , or mayor of a city , or either of them . Although the above act of ...
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... passed 3d May , 1798 , s . 31 . that " No person or persons shall be prosecuted , tried or pun- ished for treason or other capital offence aforesaid , wilful mur- March 26th , der or forgery excepted , unless the indictment for the same ...
... passed 3d May , 1798 , s . 31 . that " No person or persons shall be prosecuted , tried or pun- ished for treason or other capital offence aforesaid , wilful mur- March 26th , der or forgery excepted , unless the indictment for the same ...
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... passed at the office as a genuine one . Ibid . And that if a commission in blank was entrusted to one , and afterwards filled up , will be suffi- cient to exculpate a citizen from a charge of piracy in capturing a foreign vessel . Ibid ...
... passed at the office as a genuine one . Ibid . And that if a commission in blank was entrusted to one , and afterwards filled up , will be suffi- cient to exculpate a citizen from a charge of piracy in capturing a foreign vessel . Ibid ...
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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...