 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 sider
...which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of the words, especially in penal acts, in search of an intention which the words themselves...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize the court to say so. It would be dangerous indeed to carry the principle that a case that... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 sider
...one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous, indeed, to carry the principle that a case which is... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1858 - 1012 sider
...depriving him of his liberty,5 are to be construed strictly. And the degree of strictness will depend an intention which the words themselves did not suggest....within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous indeed to carry the principle, that a case which is within... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 792 sider
...obviously used them, would comprehend. United Stales v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat. 76; 4 Cond. Rep. 593. 15. To determine that a case is within the intention of a statute, the language must authorize the construction. It would be dangerous to carry the principle that a case... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1867 - 610 sider
...one indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest." The United States v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat. 76. But an examination of other sections of the same statute... | |
 | United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1871 - 648 sider
...one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest." Holding these familiar principles in mind, let us consider the clause of the section the meaning of... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 sider
...one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous indeed, to carry the principle that a case which is within... | |
 | 1903 - 1116 sider
...one, Indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially In a penal act, in search of an intention which the words...within the Intention of a statute, Its language must .authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous, indeed, to carry the principle that a case which Is... | |
 | 1904 - 1038 sider
...departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention whicli the words themselves did not suggest. To determine...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous indeed to carry the principle that a case which is within... | |
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The case must be a strong one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest. 
