The Monthly Law Reporter, Volume 15Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1853 - Law |
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Page 532
... prisoner , we decided , after full argument and careful deliberation , that he was entitled to a new trial for that decision we gave our reasons at length — and we unanimously concurred in the result . As the law stood when the case was ...
... prisoner , we decided , after full argument and careful deliberation , that he was entitled to a new trial for that decision we gave our reasons at length — and we unanimously concurred in the result . As the law stood when the case was ...
Page 533
... prisoner , and the judgment of this court reversed , — the appellate tribunal deciding that killing , with an intent to kill formed on the instant of striking the blow , ' is the same as if perpetrated from a premeditated design to ...
... prisoner , and the judgment of this court reversed , — the appellate tribunal deciding that killing , with an intent to kill formed on the instant of striking the blow , ' is the same as if perpetrated from a premeditated design to ...
Page 534
... prisoners , in fixing the day of execution . In addition to which , in a case so peculiar in its circumstances , I conceive it a duty of the members of this court indi- vidually , if not officially , to bring the matter to the notice of ...
... prisoners , in fixing the day of execution . In addition to which , in a case so peculiar in its circumstances , I conceive it a duty of the members of this court indi- vidually , if not officially , to bring the matter to the notice of ...
Page 536
... prisoner rode up to a meeting- house with a horse and wagon , but did not enter the building ; that at the close of the same service , when the congregation was separating , he took into the wagon two females , residing about a quarter ...
... prisoner rode up to a meeting- house with a horse and wagon , but did not enter the building ; that at the close of the same service , when the congregation was separating , he took into the wagon two females , residing about a quarter ...
Page 602
... prisoner's guilt . They believed that a reasonable chance of escape was not afforded to the culprit ; that the humane wish , God send you a good deliverance , was withheld from him ; and their sympathies , however abhorrent of his crime ...
... prisoner's guilt . They believed that a reasonable chance of escape was not afforded to the culprit ; that the humane wish , God send you a good deliverance , was withheld from him ; and their sympathies , however abhorrent of his crime ...
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Page 508 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 44 - Rights of property, like all other social and conventional rights, are subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment, as shall prevent them from being injurious, and to such reasonable restraints and regulations established by law, as the legislature, under the governing and controlling power vested in them by the constitution, may think necessary and expedient.
Page 619 - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 44 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well ordered civil society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated, that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Page 242 - AND in order to provide for a representation of the citizens of this Commonwealth, founded upon the principle of equality...
Page 661 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another...
Page 54 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance ' of such a claim,...
Page 63 - ... against the laws ; and their goods and effects, of whatever class and condition they may be, shall not be subject to any embargo or sequestration whatever, nor to any charge nor tax other than may be established upon similar goods and effects belonging to the citizens of the State in which they reside respectively ; nor shall the debts between individuals, nor moneys in the...
Page 110 - Negligence is a violation of the obligation which enjoins care and caution in what we do. But this duty is relative, and where it has no existence between particular parties, there can be no such thing as negligence in the legal sense of the term.