American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting Criminal Trials which Have Taken Place in the United States from the Beginning of Our Government to the Present Day, Volume 3John Davison Lawson Thomas Law Books, 1915 - Crime |
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... mind of the Court or upon your minds as the gentlemen of the jury . If I maintain that proposition here , then the further question and the only question which , in my judgment , can come before you to be passed upon by you as a ...
... mind of the Court or upon your minds as the gentlemen of the jury . If I maintain that proposition here , then the further question and the only question which , in my judgment , can come before you to be passed upon by you as a ...
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... mind , are citizens , would also have that right . This objection , which appears to have great weight with certain classes of persons , is en- tirely without force . It takes no note of the familiar fact , that every legislative ...
... mind , are citizens , would also have that right . This objection , which appears to have great weight with certain classes of persons , is en- tirely without force . It takes no note of the familiar fact , that every legislative ...
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... mind is greatly in error in regard to the proportion of female citizens who would vote if their right to do so were recognized . In England there has been to some extent a test of that question , with the fol- lowing result , as given ...
... mind is greatly in error in regard to the proportion of female citizens who would vote if their right to do so were recognized . In England there has been to some extent a test of that question , with the fol- lowing result , as given ...
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... mind fully made up about that ? " " It is : I have no apology whatever to make . " " Then , " said Matthews , " you must hear my opinion of you . You are a damned scoundrel and a coward . " What occurred then and for the next few ...
... mind fully made up about that ? " " It is : I have no apology whatever to make . " " Then , " said Matthews , " you must hear my opinion of you . You are a damned scoundrel and a coward . " What occurred then and for the next few ...
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... mind to the details of the unhappy oc- currence . Dr. D. D. Thomson . Reside in Louisville and practise my profession there ; shortly after ten , on the morning of second November , was called to Col. Harney's residence to see Prof ...
... mind to the details of the unhappy oc- currence . Dr. D. D. Thomson . Reside in Louisville and practise my profession there ; shortly after ten , on the morning of second November , was called to Col. Harney's residence to see Prof ...
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Page 245 - And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus, turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Page 420 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 9 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a crime, and shall for such crime be liable to prosecution in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall pay the costs of prosecution.
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Page 44 - to come to the seat of government to assert any claim he may have upon that government, to transact any business he may have with it, to seek its protection, to share its offices, to engage in administering its functions. He has the right of free access to its seaports, through which all operations of foreign commerce are conducted, to the subtreasuries, land offices, and courts of justice in the several States.
Page 45 - Another privilege of a citizen of the United States is to demand the care and protection of the Federal government over his life, liberty, and property when on the high seas or within the jurisdiction of a foreign government. Of this there can be no doubt, nor that the right depends upon his character as a citizen of the United States.
Page 3 - Count — And the jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid do further present that said Susan B.
Page 640 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 52 - Hunt: The Court orders the prisoner to sit down. It will not allow another word. Miss Anthony: When I was brought before your honor for trial...