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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... it was the inten- tion of the judge to act in conformity to his previ- ous declaration , however jocularly it may have seemed to have been made ; and that this was one of the means he had determined to pursue in order 4.
... it was the inten- tion of the judge to act in conformity to his previ- ous declaration , however jocularly it may have seemed to have been made ; and that this was one of the means he had determined to pursue in order 4.
Side 11
... tion and the law , not by the opinion of a single branch of the legislature ; and when the offence thus described by the constitution or the law has been committed , then and not until then , has the House of Representatives power to ...
... tion and the law , not by the opinion of a single branch of the legislature ; and when the offence thus described by the constitution or the law has been committed , then and not until then , has the House of Representatives power to ...
Side 12
... tion , it must be also applied to " misdemeanors . " The repetition of this adjective would have injured the harmony of the sentence without adding any thing to its perspicuity . How would this be in common parlance ? Suppose it should ...
... tion , it must be also applied to " misdemeanors . " The repetition of this adjective would have injured the harmony of the sentence without adding any thing to its perspicuity . How would this be in common parlance ? Suppose it should ...
Side 13
... tion , and we may learn something of their charac- ter . They stand in connection with " bribery and corruption " tried in the same manner and sub- ject to the same penalties . But if we are to lose the force and meaning of the word ...
... tion , and we may learn something of their charac- ter . They stand in connection with " bribery and corruption " tried in the same manner and sub- ject to the same penalties . But if we are to lose the force and meaning of the word ...
Side 14
... tion which the law gives to virtue , decency and morals in society - Any act which is contra bonos mores is indictable as such . And it is so , not by act of Congress , but by the pure and wholesome mandates of that common law , which ...
... tion which the law gives to virtue , decency and morals in society - Any act which is contra bonos mores is indictable as such . And it is so , not by act of Congress , but by the pure and wholesome mandates of that common law , which ...
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Side 461 - 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 125 - 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 259 - The governor and all other civil officers shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such cases shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of...
Side 135 - No person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators elected. But judgment, in such cases, shall not extend further than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any office of honor, profit or trust under the government of this State. The party, whether convicted or acquitted, shall nevertheless, be liable to prosecution, trial, judgment and punishment according to law.
Side 232 - ... according as the very right of the cause and matter in law shall appear unto them, without regarding any imperfection, omission...
Side 111 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Side 374 - 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 112 - For any crime or offense against the United States, the offender may, by any justice or judge of the United States, or by any commissioner of a circuit court to take bail, or by any chancellor, judge of a supreme or superior court, chief or first judge of common pleas, mayor of a city, justice of the peace, or other magistrate, of any State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders...
Side 365 - States, by which a 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.
Side 107 - That for any crime or offence against the United States, the offender may, by any justice or judge of the United States, or by any justice of the peace, or other magistrate of any of the United States...