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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... question which this court cannot consider . The act of Congress provides that the sufficiency of the affidavit to hold to bail , and the amount of bail to be given shall , upon ap- plication of the defendant , be decided by the court in ...
... question which this court cannot consider . The act of Congress provides that the sufficiency of the affidavit to hold to bail , and the amount of bail to be given shall , upon ap- plication of the defendant , be decided by the court in ...
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... question , What is the particular power exercised by the State in the present instance ; whence derived , and what the design and mode of its operation ? And it may be as well here to remark , that it is not alone in the light of an act ...
... question , What is the particular power exercised by the State in the present instance ; whence derived , and what the design and mode of its operation ? And it may be as well here to remark , that it is not alone in the light of an act ...
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... question , is contained in the 149th section of the Criminal Code , and is as follows : " If any person shall harbor or secrete any negro , mulatto , or person of color , the same being a slave or servant owing service or labor to any ...
... question , is contained in the 149th section of the Criminal Code , and is as follows : " If any person shall harbor or secrete any negro , mulatto , or person of color , the same being a slave or servant owing service or labor to any ...
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... question , and that for this reason alone the power of the State to make and enforce such a law cannot be doubted , yet we would not wish it to be infer- red , by any implication from what we have said , that any legis- lation of a ...
... question , and that for this reason alone the power of the State to make and enforce such a law cannot be doubted , yet we would not wish it to be infer- red , by any implication from what we have said , that any legis- lation of a ...
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... question , and the decision of the court was against the right claimed under it , by the plaintiff in error . 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 ...
... question , and the decision of the court was against the right claimed under it , by the plaintiff in error . 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 ...
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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.