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CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS.

Art. 1, § 1. All men are by nature free and independ ent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pur suing and obtaining safety and happiness.

Inalienable rights.-Legislative power cannot reach them except on conviction of crime-6 Neb. 37; and no person can be deprived of his liberty without intervention of a jury-1 Stockt. Ch. 181; but every person may be restricted from exercising his rights in a manner so as to interfere with the rights of others-38 Cal. 704.

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Art. I, § 4. * No person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness or juror on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief.

Testimony may be received without respect to religious belief of witness-17 Cal. 612. The rule applied to dying declarations of deceased-51 Cal. 599; 43 id. 34.

Art. I, § 5. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require its suspension. See Const. U. S. art. i, § 9, subd. 2.

Art. I, § 6. All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offenses where the proof is evident or the presumption great. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor shall cruel or unusual punishments be inflicted. Witnesses shall not be unreasonably detained, nor confined in any room where criminals are actually imprisoned.

Bail-right to.-A prisoner may be admitted to bail after indictment found-19 Ala. 561; charge and indictment distinguished-44 Cal. 557; "proof" and "presumption" apply to the guilt, not to the grade of the offense-2 Pittsb. Rep. 362. The right is secured to those only who

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