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Página 101
... respondent , in his proper person , comes into the said Court , and protesting that there is no high crime or misdemeanor particularly alleged in the said articles of impeachment , to which he is , or can be bound by law to make answer ...
... respondent , in his proper person , comes into the said Court , and protesting that there is no high crime or misdemeanor particularly alleged in the said articles of impeachment , to which he is , or can be bound by law to make answer ...
Página 105
... respondent hath understood and believes , that one of the jurors of the petit jury , after he was sum- moned , but before he was sworn on the trial , had made some declaration unfavorable to the pri- soner . persons who had conducted ...
... respondent hath understood and believes , that one of the jurors of the petit jury , after he was sum- moned , but before he was sworn on the trial , had made some declaration unfavorable to the pri- soner . persons who had conducted ...
Página 107
... respondent thought it proper to communicate to the prison- er's counsel ; several reasons concurred in favor of this communication . In the first place this respondent considered himself and the court as bound by the authority of the ...
... respondent thought it proper to communicate to the prison- er's counsel ; several reasons concurred in favor of this communication . In the first place this respondent considered himself and the court as bound by the authority of the ...
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... respondent would be far less censurable than his After these observations , this respondent deliv - predecessors , by whose example he was led astray , ered one of the above mentioned copies to the afore- and by whose authority he ...
... respondent would be far less censurable than his After these observations , this respondent deliv - predecessors , by whose example he was led astray , ered one of the above mentioned copies to the afore- and by whose authority he ...
Página 113
... respondent ,. Is it clear that such English decisions on the subject of treason as are applicable to our Con- stitution and laws , are to be received in cur courts , not merely as the opinions of learned and able men , which may ...
... respondent ,. Is it clear that such English decisions on the subject of treason as are applicable to our Con- stitution and laws , are to be received in cur courts , not merely as the opinions of learned and able men , which may ...
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Abram Trigg accused amendment answer appear appointed articles of impeachment asked Attorney authority Basset believe bill Callender capias cause charge circuit court committed committee conduct Congress considered Constitution conviction counsel crime criminal decision declared defence delivered district duty election entitled An act evidence Executive expressions fact Gaylord Griswold gentlemen Government grand jury guilty Harper heard Henry Southard honorable Court honorable Managers House of Representatives indictment issue John B. C. Lucas John Fries John Rhea Judge Chase Judge Griffin judicial jurisdiction juror justice Lewis libellous manner Marshall Maryland ment Messrs Michael Leib misdemeanor motion Nicholson object offence opinion party passed person present President principle prisoner proceedings proper prosecution prove punishment question Randolph reason recollect respect respondent Samuel Chase Silas Betton Smith statute summons sworn testimony tion treason Trial of Judge United vessels Virginia whole William witnesses words
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Página 757 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Página 169 - that all the before-mentioned Courts 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 41 - ... the Act for the government and regulation of seamen, in the merchants
Página 739 - by the treaty at Paris on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and France...
Página 457 - And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases it shall not be admitted but by the supreme or a circuit court, or by a justice of the supreme court, or a judge of a district court, who shall exercise their discretion therein, regarding the nature and circumstances of the offence, and of the evidence, and the usages of law.
Página 629 - Governor on the address of two-thirds of each House of the Legislature, for wilful neglect of duty, incompetency, habitual drunkenness, oppression in office, or other reasonable cause which shall not be sufficient ground for impeachment...
Página 601 - ... have usually wreaked their alternate malignity on each other, the convention have, with great judgment, opposed a barrier to this peculiar danger, by inserting a constitutional definition of the crime, fixing the proof necessary for conviction of it, and restraining the Congress, even in punishing it, from extending the consequences of guilt beyond the person of its author.
Página 37 - An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,
Página 149 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Página 771 - And the House of Representatives, by protestation, saving to themselves the liberty of exhibiting at any time hereafter any further articles or other accusation, or impeachment against the said...