Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volumen1;Volumen17Gales and Seaton, 1852 |
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... counsel , to have compul- sory process for witnesses , and to be confronted with his accusers , as if the committee had been a circuit court of the United States . But it is before the Senate it- self that your committee conceived it ...
... counsel , to have compul- sory process for witnesses , and to be confronted with his accusers , as if the committee had been a circuit court of the United States . But it is before the Senate it- self that your committee conceived it ...
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... counsel ; for time ; and for the means of adducing proof in his defence . It represented that a more summary procedure was recommended in the report . It admitted that there was no necessity of a legal conviction pre- vious to the ...
... counsel ; for time ; and for the means of adducing proof in his defence . It represented that a more summary procedure was recommended in the report . It admitted that there was no necessity of a legal conviction pre- vious to the ...
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... counsel . If so , it was proper that he should have it , as well with regard to the mode of con- ducting the trial , as on the trial itself . Such was the course pursued in the case of Blount . He should therefore move that John Smith ...
... counsel . If so , it was proper that he should have it , as well with regard to the mode of con- ducting the trial , as on the trial itself . Such was the course pursued in the case of Blount . He should therefore move that John Smith ...
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... counsel . It would be prejudging the case to decide on these points be- fore a hearing ; it would be first to punish and then to listen to the defence . If , said he , the benefit of counsel is allowed , let us do it in a handsome , in ...
... counsel . It would be prejudging the case to decide on these points be- fore a hearing ; it would be first to punish and then to listen to the defence . If , said he , the benefit of counsel is allowed , let us do it in a handsome , in ...
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... counsel . He did monstrance , that he was acting unjustly , because hope and presume there would be no difficulty on the act was not proved in a court of law , accord- this point . In his opinion , the Senate ought noting to the ...
... counsel . He did monstrance , that he was acting unjustly , because hope and presume there would be no difficulty on the act was not proved in a court of law , accord- this point . In his opinion , the Senate ought noting to the ...
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Página 753 - 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 355 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Página 147 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 753 - 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 883 - No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Página 355 - As soon as the senate shall meet after the first election to be held in pursuance of this constitution, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year; of the second class at the expiration of the second year; and of the third class at the expiration of the third year ; so that one class may be elected every year : and if vacancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, the persons elected...
Página 355 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Página 745 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Página 79 - Congress above mentioned and an act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed.
Página 705 - It is the- province of the court to judge, whether any direct answer to the question which may be proposed, will furnish evidence against the witness. If such answer may disclose a fact, which forms a necessary and essential link in the chain of testimony, which would be sufficient to convict him of any crime, he is not bound to answer it, so as to furnish matter for that conviction. In such...