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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... which gives the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment , does not in terms limit the exercise of that power . But its obvious meaning is , not in that place , to describe the kind of acts which are to be subjects 10.
... which gives the House of Representatives the sole power of impeachment , does not in terms limit the exercise of that power . But its obvious meaning is , not in that place , to describe the kind of acts which are to be subjects 10.
Side 13
... term , well under- stood and defined in law ; and in the construction of a legal instrument we must give to words their legal significations - A misdemeanor or a crime , for in their just and proper acceptation they are synonimous terms ...
... term , well under- stood and defined in law ; and in the construction of a legal instrument we must give to words their legal significations - A misdemeanor or a crime , for in their just and proper acceptation they are synonimous terms ...
Side 44
... terms of applause , of a distinguished judge in Virginia . This same judge has published an edition of Blackstone's Commentaries , into which he has introduced a variety of his own opinions on the constitution and laws of the United ...
... terms of applause , of a distinguished judge in Virginia . This same judge has published an edition of Blackstone's Commentaries , into which he has introduced a variety of his own opinions on the constitution and laws of the United ...
Side 57
... terms , that none such was made . If this comparison of the recollection of five witnesses against one , who himself testifies to the imperfection of his memory , leaves any doubt about the truth of the fact , I can refer this honorable ...
... terms , that none such was made . If this comparison of the recollection of five witnesses against one , who himself testifies to the imperfection of his memory , leaves any doubt about the truth of the fact , I can refer this honorable ...
Side 58
... terms our reasons for declining any interference in the trial " he then requested from Mr. Dallas every communication likely to render service to poor Fries . " - Turn then , sir , to the letter address- ed to Mr. Lee , with all these ...
... terms our reasons for declining any interference in the trial " he then requested from Mr. Dallas every communication likely to render service to poor Fries . " - Turn then , sir , to the letter address- ed to Mr. Lee , with all these ...
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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.