Proceedings in the Ku Klux Trials at Columbia, S.C.: In the United States Circuit Court, November Term, 1871. Printed from Government CopyRepublican printing Company, state printers, 1872 - 847 páginas |
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... look to the act which makes two Dis- tricts in the State of South Carolina , and apply the constitutional pro- vision , that the jury shall be selected from that District in which the offense was committed . I submit , however , that I ...
... look to the act which makes two Dis- tricts in the State of South Carolina , and apply the constitutional pro- vision , that the jury shall be selected from that District in which the offense was committed . I submit , however , that I ...
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... look to the Districts con . stituted for the purpose of the District Courts , when we get a man from the Western District to try we must get a grand jury from that District to present a bill ; when we get a prisoner from the Eastern ...
... look to the Districts con . stituted for the purpose of the District Courts , when we get a man from the Western District to try we must get a grand jury from that District to present a bill ; when we get a prisoner from the Eastern ...
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... look for your right to vote . When you come to the polls , your right to vote may be challenged , as a white man's may , because you have not re- sided a sufficient time within the limits of the voting place , or because you are not of ...
... look for your right to vote . When you come to the polls , your right to vote may be challenged , as a white man's may , because you have not re- sided a sufficient time within the limits of the voting place , or because you are not of ...
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... look into this subject -- and I don't know a single one where an offense against the State sovereignty , in a place over which the State has exclusive ju- risdiction , that does not in any way interfere with any power or duty ( devolved ...
... look into this subject -- and I don't know a single one where an offense against the State sovereignty , in a place over which the State has exclusive ju- risdiction , that does not in any way interfere with any power or duty ( devolved ...
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... look for the construction of the law - and a very good way is to look at the mischief to be remedied by the law - we look at the previous condition of things ; see what the mischief was , and what the remedy is . We must not extend the ...
... look for the construction of the law - and a very good way is to look at the mischief to be remedied by the law - we look at the previous condition of things ; see what the mischief was , and what the remedy is . We must not extend the ...
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Página 68 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution...
Página 399 - O, it is monstrous, monstrous! Methought the billows spoke and told me of it; The winds did sing it to me, and the thunder, That deep and dreadful organ-pipe, pronounced The name of Prosper: it did bass my trespass. Therefore my son i' the ooze is bedded, and I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded And with him there lie mudded.
Página 827 - State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
Página 824 - That all citizens of the United States who are or shall be otherwise qualified by law to vote at any election by the people in any State, Territory, district, county, city, parish, township, school district, municipality, or other territorial subdivision, shall be entitled and allowed to vote at all such elections, without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude; any constitution, law, custom, usage, or regulation of any State or Territory, or by or under its authority, to...
Página 829 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation,...
Página 11 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws...
Página 822 - ... and show cause why his name should not be stricken from the roll.
Página 61 - In almost every convention by which the constitution was adopted, amendments to guard against the abuse of power were recommended. These amendments demanded security against the apprehended encroachments of the general government — not against those of the local governments.
Página 828 - ... shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months...
Página 113 - An act to enforce the rights of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes,' " or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.