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The writ has never been extended so far , nor ever used to control the discretion
and judgment of an inferior court of record acting within the scope of its judicial
authority . There is no ground , therefore , for the rule under the act of Congress .
The writ has never been extended so far , nor ever used to control the discretion
and judgment of an inferior court of record acting within the scope of its judicial
authority . There is no ground , therefore , for the rule under the act of Congress .
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560 , ) that Congress , in the proper exercise of its authority , may punish the
same act as an offence against the United States . It has been urged , in the
argume.it on behalf of the plaintiff in error , that an affirmance of the judgment in
this case ...
560 , ) that Congress , in the proper exercise of its authority , may punish the
same act as an offence against the United States . It has been urged , in the
argume.it on behalf of the plaintiff in error , that an affirmance of the judgment in
this case ...
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Moore v . The People of the State of Illinois . 2. That the government is clothed
with appropriate authority and functions to enforce the delivery , on claim of the
owner , and has properly exercised it in the act of Congress of 12th February ,
1793 .
Moore v . The People of the State of Illinois . 2. That the government is clothed
with appropriate authority and functions to enforce the delivery , on claim of the
owner , and has properly exercised it in the act of Congress of 12th February ,
1793 .
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As to the authority of the Superior Court of the City of New York to retain the case
, and the validity or invalidity of its proceedings and judgment , after the motion to
remove ; that question , according to the practice of the court , will stand for ...
As to the authority of the Superior Court of the City of New York to retain the case
, and the validity or invalidity of its proceedings and judgment , after the motion to
remove ; that question , according to the practice of the court , will stand for ...
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It was the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction made in the exercise of
judicial authority and discretion . This court might unquestionably issue a
mandamus to the court below to proceed to judgment . But in this case the court
has ...
It was the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction made in the exercise of
judicial authority and discretion . This court might unquestionably issue a
mandamus to the court below to proceed to judgment . But in this case the court
has ...
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Page 275 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district...
Page 514 - ... at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause shown.
Page 233 - Wisconsin, which are not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation, or be altered or repealed by the legislature.
Page 132 - The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States...
Page 143 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 20 - Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both.
Page 507 - On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said circuit court in this cause be and the same is hereby reversed...
Page 76 - This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this Court, that the...
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Page 47 - All questions relative to the government of foreign nations, whether of the old or new world, have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them until the clearest evidence was in their possession, to enable them not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions from every unworthy imputation.