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... the Executive of Virginia - Extradition of Fugitives from Justice- Aiding in the Escape of Slaves - Property in Man - The Law of Nations — What Constitutes a Crime- & c . THE GEORGIA CONTROVERSY .. .PAGE 519 Letters to the Executive.
... the Executive of Virginia - Extradition of Fugitives from Justice- Aiding in the Escape of Slaves - Property in Man - The Law of Nations — What Constitutes a Crime- & c . THE GEORGIA CONTROVERSY .. .PAGE 519 Letters to the Executive.
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... crime to speak truth , and in that terrible court of star - chamber many worthy and brave men suffered for so doing ; and yet even in that court , and in those bad times , a great and good man durst say , what I hope will not be taken ...
... crime to speak truth , and in that terrible court of star - chamber many worthy and brave men suffered for so doing ; and yet even in that court , and in those bad times , a great and good man durst say , what I hope will not be taken ...
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... crime of murder in the first degree . The first penitentiary erected in the state was the Walnut - street prison in Philadelphia , in the year 1790 ; in which imprisonment at hard labor was substituted for the ancient modes of ...
... crime of murder in the first degree . The first penitentiary erected in the state was the Walnut - street prison in Philadelphia , in the year 1790 ; in which imprisonment at hard labor was substituted for the ancient modes of ...
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... crime , need scarcely be adverted to . It will be sufficient to state that , of twenty - three convicted of second and third offences in the year 1815 , twenty had been previously pardoned , and only three discharged by the ordinary ...
... crime , need scarcely be adverted to . It will be sufficient to state that , of twenty - three convicted of second and third offences in the year 1815 , twenty had been previously pardoned , and only three discharged by the ordinary ...
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... Crime has not increased in the same ratio as population . The number of convicts received in the prisons in 1837 , a year memorable for its pecuniary embarrass- ments , exceeds that of any other in the series . Increase of pros- perity ...
... Crime has not increased in the same ratio as population . The number of convicts received in the prisons in 1837 , a year memorable for its pecuniary embarrass- ments , exceeds that of any other in the series . Increase of pros- perity ...
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Side 218 - The constitution provides that every male citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been an inhabitant of this state one year next preceding any election, and for the last six months a resident of the county where he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote in the town or ward where he actually resides.
Side 651 - Such homicide is excusable when committed, "1. By accident and misfortune, in lawfully correcting a child or servant; or in doing any other lawful act by lawful means, with usual and ordinary caution, and without any unlawful intent; or, "2. By accident and misfortune, in the heat of passion, upon any sudden and sufficient provocation, or upon a sudden combat, without any undue
Side 51 - encourages its members to more careful and accurate investigation of the physical constitution. Dr. Stringham of Columbia College, and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York,
Side 277 - globe ? The constitution has wisely provided, that for admission to certain offices of important trust, a residence shall be required sufficient to develop character and design. But might not the general character and capabilities of a citizen be safely communicated to every one manifesting a bonafide purpose of embarking his life and fortunes permanently with us?
Side 29 - me to say in this place, to wit: ' The practice of information for libels is a sword in the hands of a wicked king and an arrant coward, to cut down and destroy the innocent. The one can not, because of his high station, and the other
Side 655 - by any act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual. It
Side 44 - that institution during the Revolutionary war. Efforts made by the regents of the university, after the return of peace, to reorganize the medical faculty, were unsuccessful. In 1792, however, the trustees announced the re-establishment of the school, and Doctors Bailey, Post, Hammersly, Rodgers, Mitchill, Hosack, and Stringham, labored assiduously as professors during several years. The " College of Physicians and Surgeons" in the city of New York was founded
Side 290 - be benefited by the improvement of inland navigation and the construction of highways in the several states. " Let us, then," he added, " endeavor to attain this benefit in a mode that will be satisfactory to all. That hitherto adopted has, by many of our fellow-citizens, been deprecated as an infraction of the constitution, while by others it has been viewed as inexpedient. All
Side 594 - The common jails in the several counties of this state shall be kept by the sheriffs of the counties in which they are respectively situated, and shall be used .is prisons— " 1. For the detention of persons duly committed in order to secure their attendance as
Side 345 - to exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the state of Maine which is in dispute between the United States and Great Britain; and for that purpose to employ the naval and military forces of the United States, and such portions of the militia as he may deem it advisable to call into service,