Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, in and for the Third Circuit, Comprising the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the State of New JerseyJ. Kay, jun. & brother, 1837 - 651 σελίδες |
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... jury . * It is a matter of much anxiety and regret to me , and I doubt not to you , that we are deprived of the aid of the learning and experience of the presiding judge of this court , in the trial of this cause ; and if any ...
... jury . * It is a matter of much anxiety and regret to me , and I doubt not to you , that we are deprived of the aid of the learning and experience of the presiding judge of this court , in the trial of this cause ; and if any ...
Σελίδα 22
... jury , who may therefore convict upon the testimony of an accomplice , though unsupported by any other proof , and if they conscientiously believe him , it is their duty to do so . This , however is seldom the case ; and it is usual for ...
... jury , who may therefore convict upon the testimony of an accomplice , though unsupported by any other proof , and if they conscientiously believe him , it is their duty to do so . This , however is seldom the case ; and it is usual for ...
Σελίδα 50
... jury . In this case the labouring oar will be with the jury . There is no question of law to be decided ; but you must endeavour to come at the truth of the transactions between the parties , from the evidence they have respectively ...
... jury . In this case the labouring oar will be with the jury . There is no question of law to be decided ; but you must endeavour to come at the truth of the transactions between the parties , from the evidence they have respectively ...
Σελίδα 59
... jury cannot decide whether the defendant acted under the influence of the sudden excitement produced by the situation and story of his son , or a disposition to inflict a wanton injury or disgrace upon the plaintiff . The evidence was ...
... jury cannot decide whether the defendant acted under the influence of the sudden excitement produced by the situation and story of his son , or a disposition to inflict a wanton injury or disgrace upon the plaintiff . The evidence was ...
Σελίδα 79
... jury are so far judges of the law , that they may find a verdict according to their own opinion ; but they are as much morally and legally bound by the law as the court . If they acquit against law , the court cannot set aside their ...
... jury are so far judges of the law , that they may find a verdict according to their own opinion ; but they are as much morally and legally bound by the law as the court . If they acquit against law , the court cannot set aside their ...
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Σελίδα 602 - And the said records and judicial proceedings authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Σελίδα 72 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Σελίδα 101 - ... not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which those words, in their ordinary acceptation, or in that sense in which the legislature has obviously used them, would comprehend. The intention of the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ.
Σελίδα 602 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate that the said attestation is in due form.
Σελίδα 604 - ... so as such laws, ordinances and constitutions, so made, be not contrary and repugnant unto, but, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of this our realm of England, considering the nature and constitution of the place and people there...
Σελίδα 590 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...
Σελίδα 242 - ... ambassador or other public minister of any foreign prince or state, authorized and received as such by the president of the United States...
Σελίδα 602 - ... shall be further authenticated by the clerk or prothonotary of the said court, who shall certify, under his hand and the seal of his office, that the said presiding justice is duly commissioned and qualified; or if...
Σελίδα 627 - GT and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten; and in default of such issue, to the use of the heirs of the said Jane for ever.
Σελίδα 134 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.