...provides that " No ex post facto law shall be passed." 8. Ex post facto laws are " those which render an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed." This definition includes : A. Such laws as render criminal an act done before the law was...

...The supreme court have given the following definition : " An ex post facto law is one, which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed.5' 3 Such a 551 ; State v. Adams, 44 Mo. 570 ; Beirne v. Brown, 4 W. Va. 72 ; Peerce v. CarsJcadon,...

...provides that " No ex post facto law phall be passed." 325. Ex post facto laws are laws which render an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed. This definition includes: A. Such laws as render criminal an act done before the law was...

...pending, must be regarded as an ex post facto law, and void. An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed, whether by personal or pecuniary penalties. Sedg. on Stat. and Const. Law, 599; Fletcher v. Peck, 6...

...I1'. Retrospective Laws touching Crimes. These are called ex post facto laws; they are laws which make an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed; or which change the rules of evidence so that less or different, testimony is required to...

...vicious, and in all free governments are unconstitutional. An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. Such laws are forbidden by the Constitution of the United States. If law may be applied to adjudge...

...As used in the American constitutions, an ex post fado law is briefly defined as a law which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed. The constitutional restriction does not extend to all retrospective laws, which might be...

...lair, because, adopting the general definition laid down by Chief Justice Marshall, it would render no act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed. Nor would it come within any of the more specific definitions usually adopted by the courts,...

...Commentaries, Vol. 1, p. 47. That definition is as follows: "An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable, in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. , Every law that makes an act done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done,...

...Fletcher vs. Peck, Mr. Chief Justice Marshall defined an «r post facto law to be one "which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed." " Such a law," said that eminent .judge, " may inflict penalties on the person, or may inflict pecuniary...