Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volumen1;Volumen17Gales and Seaton, 1852 |
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Página 57
... doubt can possibly be raised , either by the ingenuity of the party or of his counsel , or by the operation of general rules in their unforeseen appli- cation to particular cases , that doubt must be decisive for acquittal , and the ...
... doubt can possibly be raised , either by the ingenuity of the party or of his counsel , or by the operation of general rules in their unforeseen appli- cation to particular cases , that doubt must be decisive for acquittal , and the ...
Página 95
... doubt feel disposed to travel here at his own expense . But is it not just that his expenses should be defrayed ; and will it not be a piece of oppression to him not to grant this process ? It may not be improper for me here to express ...
... doubt feel disposed to travel here at his own expense . But is it not just that his expenses should be defrayed ; and will it not be a piece of oppression to him not to grant this process ? It may not be improper for me here to express ...
Página 121
... doubt of such pains . " This , if not now , will inevitably be the case of this country , unless some legislative corrective of the present system be applied . There are also great objections to the forms of judicial legislation ; they ...
... doubt of such pains . " This , if not now , will inevitably be the case of this country , unless some legislative corrective of the present system be applied . There are also great objections to the forms of judicial legislation ; they ...
Página 167
... doubt that further time would be allowed , and under that impression he had written to Mr. SMITH . Mr. HARPER said the counsel did not wish to consider any member of the Senate as pledging the Senate . He knew that that could not be the ...
... doubt that further time would be allowed , and under that impression he had written to Mr. SMITH . Mr. HARPER said the counsel did not wish to consider any member of the Senate as pledging the Senate . He knew that that could not be the ...
Página 169
... doubt would , allow further time . The question was taken by yeas and nays on postponement to the first day of April , and carried― yeas 17 , nays 15 , as follows : YEAS - Messrs . Adams , Bayard , Bradley , Gaillard , Giles , Goodrich ...
... doubt would , allow further time . The question was taken by yeas and nays on postponement to the first day of April , and carried― yeas 17 , nays 15 , as follows : YEAS - Messrs . Adams , Bayard , Bradley , Gaillard , Giles , Goodrich ...
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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...