A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty and the Writ of Habeas Corpus and the Practice Connected with It: With a View of the Law of Extradition of Fugitives [1858]The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2003 - 677 páginas First Complete Study of the Status of Slavery in the United States. Published a year before John Brown's raid and three years before the outbreak of the Civil War, this was the first book-length work to treat the status of slaves at length. As such, it is a landmark work in the bibliography of American civil liberties. Hurd reviews the statutes concerning fugitive slaves and their extradition, analyzes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and discusses the application of habeas corpus to slave issues. The list of cases cited by Hurd includes such landmarks as Jack v. Martin and Prigg v. Pennsylvania. Rollin C. Hurd [1815-1874] was a prominent lawyer, Judge of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas and the President of the Cleveland, Mount Vernon and Columbus Railroad. CONTENTS BOOK I. The Right of Personal Property I. General Nature and Limitations of the Right II. Limitations of a Public Nature III. Limitations of a Private Nature IV. Constitutional and Statutory Guarantees of the Right of Personal Liberty in England V. Constitutional and Statutory Guarantees of the Right of Personal Liberty in America BOOK II. The Writ of Habeas Corpus I. Nature of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, and Sources and Extent of Jurisdiction over it II. Practice in Procuring and Serving the Writ III. The Return IV. The Issue V. The Hearing VI. Jurisdiction in Respect to the Validity of Legal Process when Asserted as Cause of Detention VII. Validity of Legal Process VIII. Right to Bail IX. Claims for Private Custody Founded on the Domestic relations X. Statutory Provisions Relating to Prisoner's Discharge XI. Section I. Writ of Error BOOK III. The Law of Extradition of Fugitives I. Extradition of Fugitives from Justice from Foreign States II. Extradition of Fugitives from Justice from the Several States of the Union III. Extradition of Fugitives from Service |
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... court in the administration of justice , have always been held to deserve instant and severe punishment . 4 Bl . Com . , 284 . SECTION II . LIMITATIONS COERCIVE OF DUTIES TO THE STATE CH . II . ] 7 LIMITATIONS OF A PUBLIC NATURE .
... court in the administration of justice , have always been held to deserve instant and severe punishment . 4 Bl . Com . , 284 . SECTION II . LIMITATIONS COERCIVE OF DUTIES TO THE STATE CH . II . ] 7 LIMITATIONS OF A PUBLIC NATURE .
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... held that a lunatic could not be kept in close confinement by his relatives or friends , except on the ground of temporary necessity , and that only so long as may be reasonably required to obtain the benefits provided by law . Colby v ...
... held that a lunatic could not be kept in close confinement by his relatives or friends , except on the ground of temporary necessity , and that only so long as may be reasonably required to obtain the benefits provided by law . Colby v ...
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... held no more sacred in Great Britain . On the 29th of April , 1826 t there were confined for debt in England , Scotland , Wales and Ireland 3,820 persons , of whom 228 had been confined more than two years and 104 more than four years ...
... held no more sacred in Great Britain . On the 29th of April , 1826 t there were confined for debt in England , Scotland , Wales and Ireland 3,820 persons , of whom 228 had been confined more than two years and 104 more than four years ...
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... held as a beacon of warning to all modern nations . After judgment was obtained , thirty days of grace were allowed before a Roman was delivered into the power of his creditor . After this period he was retained in a private prison ...
... held as a beacon of warning to all modern nations . After judgment was obtained , thirty days of grace were allowed before a Roman was delivered into the power of his creditor . After this period he was retained in a private prison ...
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... violator of the peace , and an offender against the dignity of the crown ; and while his body was held in custody for this crime , he was proceeded against in a civil CH . III . ] LIMITATIONS OF A PRIVATE NATURE , 19.
... violator of the peace , and an offender against the dignity of the crown ; and while his body was held in custody for this crime , he was proceeded against in a civil CH . III . ] LIMITATIONS OF A PRIVATE NATURE , 19.
Contenido
SECTION III | 351 |
VALIDITY OF LEGAL PROCESS | 362 |
SECTION VI | 371 |
49 | 374 |
50 | 387 |
52 | 399 |
SECTION VIII | 400 |
Commitments in execution | 404 |
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105 | |
SECTION II | 120 |
5 | 123 |
CHAPTER I | 143 |
6 | 145 |
SECTION IV | 163 |
8 | 167 |
SECTION VI | 203 |
SECTION II | 209 |
SECTION III | 228 |
SECTION VI | 237 |
SECTION III | 243 |
Production of the body and statement of the day and cause of | 255 |
SECTION VII | 262 |
SECTION X | 277 |
CHAPTER IV | 291 |
CHAPTER V | 299 |
The evidence | 303 |
SECTION III | 324 |
General nature of this jurisdiction | 330 |
Atwood | 331 |
SECTION XI | 416 |
SECTION XII | 427 |
Inquiry before indictment | 437 |
Inquiry after conviction | 446 |
SECTION III | 454 |
General rules as to custody of legitimate children | 462 |
SECTION VI | 474 |
SECTION VII | 521 |
SECTION VIII | 527 |
SECTION X | 537 |
SECTION XI | 545 |
CHAPTER X | 553 |
SECTION I | 562 |
CHAPTER I | 575 |
CHAPTER II | 592 |
SECTION III | 605 |
The flight of the accused | 606 |
SECTION VII | 615 |
State legislation | 627 |
CHAPTER III | 634 |
SECTION II | 648 |
APPENDIX | 655 |
Limitations arising from the relation of master and scholar | 670 |
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Página 149 - That all the before-mentioned Courts, [Supreme, Circuit, and District] of the United States, shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Página 107 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following Rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Página 593 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor or Executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Página 129 - ... unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation; and if the order, in the warrant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure...
Página 117 - Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards the growth and effect of this untractable spirit. I mean their education. In no country perhaps in the world is the law so general a study.
Página 90 - That levying money for or to the use of the Crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of Parliament, for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Página 130 - The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from unreasonable searches and seizures, and no warrant to search any place or to seize any person or things shall issue without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation subscribed to by the affiant.
Página 91 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; 11. That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; 12.
Página 130 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures...
Página 130 - That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or to seize any person or persons not named, or whose offence is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted.