Trial of Samuel Chase: An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Impeached by the House of Representatives, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Before the Senate of the United States, Volum 2S. H. Smith, 1805 |
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... manner and sub- ject to the same penalties . But if we are to lose the force and meaning of the word " high " in re- lation to misdemeanors , and this description of of fences must be governed by the mere meaning of the term ...
... manner and sub- ject to the same penalties . But if we are to lose the force and meaning of the word " high " in re- lation to misdemeanors , and this description of of fences must be governed by the mere meaning of the term ...
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... manner the officers of govern- ment are responsible in certain moles and at cer- tam periods for the exercise of their duties and powers - but the people have no right to make them accountable in any other manner or at any other period ...
... manner the officers of govern- ment are responsible in certain moles and at cer- tam periods for the exercise of their duties and powers - but the people have no right to make them accountable in any other manner or at any other period ...
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... manner highly arbitrary , oppressive and un- just . " This general accusation is followed by three distinct specifications of offence , to wit : " 1. In delivering an opinion , in writing , on the question of law , on the construction ...
... manner highly arbitrary , oppressive and un- just . " This general accusation is followed by three distinct specifications of offence , to wit : " 1. In delivering an opinion , in writing , on the question of law , on the construction ...
Side 26
... manner , deliver an opinion on a question of law , on the construction of which the defence of the accused materially depended - but when the article goes on to charge that this opinion tended to prejudice the minds of the jury against ...
... manner , deliver an opinion on a question of law , on the construction of which the defence of the accused materially depended - but when the article goes on to charge that this opinion tended to prejudice the minds of the jury against ...
Side 27
... manner and its consequences . If nothing partial , oppressive or corrupt is to be found in any of these , I know not in what or whence the criminality is to be established . In deciding , sir , upon the mo- tive which prompted the judge ...
... manner and its consequences . If nothing partial , oppressive or corrupt is to be found in any of these , I know not in what or whence the criminality is to be established . In deciding , sir , upon the mo- tive which prompted the judge ...
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Side 483 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Side 107 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Side 228 - ... according as the very right of the cause and matter in law shall appear unto them, without regarding any imperfection, omission...
Side 121 - ... the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.
Side 121 - States, to regulate the practice of the said courts respectively, as shall be fit and necessary for the advancement of justice, and especially to that end to prevent delays in proceedings.
Side 134 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors ; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms : though in common usage, the word
Side 111 - The Chief Justice, in answer to the motion of the Attorney General, made yesterday, informs him and the bar, that this court consider the practice of the courts of king's bench, and of chancery, in England, as affording outlines for the practice of this court; and that they will, from time to time, make such alterations therein as circumstances may render necessary.
Side 108 - And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases it shall not be admitted but by the Supreme or a circuit court, or by a justice of the supreme court, or a judge of a district court, who shall exercise their discretion therein, regarding the nature and circumstances of the offence, and of the evidence, and the usages of law.
Side 233 - And if such commitment of the offender, or the witnesses shall be in a district other than that in which the offence is to be tried, it shall be the duty of the judge of that district where the delinquent is imprisoned, seasonably to issue, and of the marshal of the same district to execute, a warrant for the removal of the offender, and the witnesses or either of them, as the case may be, to the district in- which the trial is to be had.
Side 387 - Judge for any reasonable cause, which shall not be sufficient ground of impeachment, may be removed by the governor on the address of two thirds of each branch of the legislature.