 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, David Dudley Field - 1864 - 358 sider
...of the common law that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application p'enai'code. to this Code. All its provisions are to be construed...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. or sections g H- The several sections of this Code which crimes"8 declare... | |
 | California, California. Commission to Revise the Laws of California - 1871 - 894 sider
...four preceding sections. HowOodeis SEC. 3554. AH its provisions are to be construed ac'""*' cording to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is very difficult to properly clothe the ideas sought... | |
 | California - 1872 - 698 sider
...1'cnui Code are to |je strictly construed, has no application to this t <ffru • v*«<W'«5/**7j0rie- All its provisions are to be construed according *"*...import of their terms, with a view to effect . its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is a rule of law that penal statutes are to be strictly... | |
 | Nicholas St. John Green - 1879 - 838 sider
...somewhat in interpreting this clause, by section four of the Penal Code, which is in these words : " The rule of the common law that penal statutes are...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice." The particular purpose intended to be accomplished by section six... | |
 | California - 1874 - 712 sider
...Commentaries, Sec. 533. tton'ofThe ^' ^'IC ru^e °^ *^e commou law> tna' penal statutes Penal Code &Te jo |je strictly construed, has no application to this Code....fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is a rule of law that penal statutes are to bo strictly... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - 1876 - 986 sider
...of it is retroactive, unless expressly so declared. 13.004. Construction of the Penal Code. SEC. 4. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 13.005. Proi'iifiojis similar to existing laws, how construed. SEC.... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1881 - 678 sider
...Our Territorial statutes, however, appear to be sufficient to guide us to a correct conclusion. The Penal Code provides that " the rule of the common...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice." CL p. 564, § 1834. And the same code further says, that "words and... | |
 | California - 1879 - 308 sider
...retroactive. , . declared. construe- SEC. 4. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes peuai code, are to be strictly construed, has no application to...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. provisions SEC. 5. The provisions of this Code, so far as they are... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - 1879 - 716 sider
...the Penal Code, which is in these words: "The rulo of the common law that penal statutes are to (iis) be strictly construed, has no application to this...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice." The particular purpose intended to be accomplished by section six... | |
 | California - 1881 - 860 sider
...,1 statute rctroact— 1 Cal. 65; 39 id. 309. So, аз to acts concerning appeals— 28 Cal. 320. 4. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are...view to effect its object, and to promote justice. Common-law rule abrogated— 45 CaL 431; 49 Id. 70; 46 Id. 117. Reasonable construction. — The reasonable... | |
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The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. All its provisions are to be construed according to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 
