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" Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression... "
Commentaries on the Laws of England ... - Page 640
by William Blackstone - 1890
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 14

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 672 pages
...consequence of the same act ; and may be said, in common parlance, to'be twice punished for the same ortence. Eve'ry citizen of the United States is also a citizen...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States,...
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Commentaries on the Criminal Law, Volume 1

Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1858 - 1012 pages
...States, relating both to that point, and to the general topic now under discussion. Said Grier, J. : " Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and maybe liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence...
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Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions: Information on ...

Henry Lee Scott - History - 1861 - 674 pages
...consequence of the same act, and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus an assault upon the marshal of the United States...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 1

Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - Law reports, digests, etc - 1862 - 466 pages
...consequence of the same act; and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States,...
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The American Theory of Government Considered with Reference to the Present ...

Peter Hardeman Burnett - United States - 1863 - 142 pages
...Howard, 13,) Mr. Justice Grier, in delivering the opinion of the Court, among other things, said : " Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both That either or both may (if they see fit) punish such...
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The American Law Register, Volume 7

Law - 1868 - 894 pages
...consequence of the same act, and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for the infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence [under], or transgression of,...
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The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the ..., Volumes 49-50

Law - 1894 - 922 pages
...consequence of the same act : and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offense. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States,...
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The Congressional Globe, Part 2

United States. Congress - Electronic journals - 1871 - 708 pages
...consequence of the same act; and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offense. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a State or Territory. He may be said to owe aljegianco to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either....
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The American Law Register, Volume 11; Volume 20

Electronic journals - 1872 - 854 pages
...consequence of the same act ; and maj be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offense. Every citizen of the -United States is also a citizen...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States,...
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of the United ..., Volume 1

United States. Circuit Court (5th Circuit), William Burnham Woods - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 796 pages
...How., 20. Mr. Justice GRIER, in delivering the opinion of the supreme court in the case cited, says: "Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States,...
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