Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, 14. köidePublished for John Conrad and Company, 1853 |
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... decided on different ground . In that case , before any appeal was taken , a petition was filed to open the decree for certain purposes , and the court referred it to a commissioner to examine and report on the matters stated in the ...
... decided on different ground . In that case , before any appeal was taken , a petition was filed to open the decree for certain purposes , and the court referred it to a commissioner to examine and report on the matters stated in the ...
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... decided that , under an act of Congress , an affidavit was sufficient to hold a party to special bail . That court had the power , by the act , to exercise its judicial discretion . This act of Congress regulated the subject , and not ...
... decided that , under an act of Congress , an affidavit was sufficient to hold a party to special bail . That court had the power , by the act , to exercise its judicial discretion . This act of Congress regulated the subject , and not ...
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... decided by the court in term time , and by a single judge in vacation . In deciding upon the appli- cation to discharge Taylor from the custody of the marshal , the court must necessarily have considered and interpreted the act of ...
... decided by the court in term time , and by a single judge in vacation . In deciding upon the appli- cation to discharge Taylor from the custody of the marshal , the court must necessarily have considered and interpreted the act of ...
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... decided by the court : 1. That under and in virtue of the Constitution of the United States , the owner of a slave is clothed with entire authority in every State in the Union , to seize and re- capture his slave , wherever he can do it ...
... decided by the court : 1. That under and in virtue of the Constitution of the United States , the owner of a slave is clothed with entire authority in every State in the Union , to seize and re- capture his slave , wherever he can do it ...
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... decided that State legislation in aid of the claimant , and which does not directly nor indirectly delay , impede , or frustrate the master in the exer- cise of his right under the Constitution , or in pursuit of his remedy given by the ...
... decided that State legislation in aid of the claimant , and which does not directly nor indirectly delay , impede , or frustrate the master in the exer- cise of his right under the Constitution , or in pursuit of his remedy given by the ...
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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...
Page 192 - On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this court, that the decree of the said...
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.