The Albany Law Journal: A Weekly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volume 6Weed, Parsons, 1873 - Law |
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... trial has demonstrated , if any demon- stration was necessary , the utter futility of the act of the last session relating to challenges of jurors in criminal cases ( ch . 475 ) , at least in so far as that act sought to make ...
... trial has demonstrated , if any demon- stration was necessary , the utter futility of the act of the last session relating to challenges of jurors in criminal cases ( ch . 475 ) , at least in so far as that act sought to make ...
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... trial of such an indictment , the judge re- fused the request of the prisoner's counsel to charge " that they could convict of murder in the first degree , or murder in the second degree , or of any of the de- grees of manslaughter ...
... trial of such an indictment , the judge re- fused the request of the prisoner's counsel to charge " that they could convict of murder in the first degree , or murder in the second degree , or of any of the de- grees of manslaughter ...
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... trial , called respectively the fire and water ordeal . The practice of trying both causes and crimes by these two methods was common with our Saxon ancestors , and only began to be discon- tinued after the Norman invasion . Trial by ...
... trial , called respectively the fire and water ordeal . The practice of trying both causes and crimes by these two methods was common with our Saxon ancestors , and only began to be discon- tinued after the Norman invasion . Trial by ...
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... trial by battle then again became popular , and indeed was not legally done away with in certain cases until the year 1819. During the time of Edward I the jury system was greatly improved , and to a great extent resembled that of the ...
... trial by battle then again became popular , and indeed was not legally done away with in certain cases until the year 1819. During the time of Edward I the jury system was greatly improved , and to a great extent resembled that of the ...
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... trial , the jury stood firm and tri- umphed ; but the most glorious example of their success was shown upon the trial of the seven bishops in 1688 , from which period we may date the decline of the arbitrary authority which the judges ...
... trial , the jury stood firm and tri- umphed ; but the most glorious example of their success was shown upon the trial of the seven bishops in 1688 , from which period we may date the decline of the arbitrary authority which the judges ...
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Page 15 - Appeals and justices of the Supreme Court, may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the Legislature, if two-thirds of all the members elected to each house concur therein.
Page 181 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 98 - State, may remove such suit into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said circuit court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State court...
Page 203 - If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose ; 9 And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment...
Page 382 - ... to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States stocks, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Page 383 - And when no rate is fixed by the laws of the state or territory, the bank may take, receive, reserve, or charge a rate not exceeding seven per centum, and such interest may be taken in advance, reckoning the days for which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt has to run.
Page 413 - And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.
Page 229 - the natural and proximate consequence of the act complained of.
Page 59 - ... fishing apparatus of the sportsman, the easel of the artist on a sketching tour, or the books of the student, and other articles of an analogous character, the use of which is personal to the traveler, and the taking of which has arisen from the fact of his journeying. On the other hand, the term 'ordinary luggage...
Page 308 - Where the means of knowledge are at hand, and equally available to both parties, and the subject of purchase is alike open to their inspection, if the purchaser does not avail himself of these means and opportunities he will not be heard to say that he has been deceived by the vendor's misrepresentations.