 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, David Dudley Field - 1864 - 372 sider
...crime, of which he is guilty. g 10. The rule of the common law that penal sta- constmo tutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. or sections $ 11. The several sections of this Code which crimU "|f declare certain crimes to be punishable... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, David Dudley Field - 1864 - 358 sider
...of the common law that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application p'enai'code. to this Code. All its provisions are to be construed...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. or sections g H- The several sections of this Code which crimes"8 declare certain crimes to be punishable... | |
 | 1870 - 404 sider
...section abolishes all common law offences. ':§10. The rule of the common law that penal statutes are to be strictly construed has no application to this Code....be construed according to the fair import of their terras, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.'' As a further specimen of the language... | |
 | California, California. Commission to Revise the Laws of California - 1871 - 894 sider
...four preceding sections. HowOodeis SEC. 3554. AH its provisions are to be construed ac'""*' cording to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is very difficult to properly clothe the ideas sought to bo expressed in the five preceding... | |
 | United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - 1871 - 648 sider
...construed — as indeed should all public acts — 'according to the fair import The HP Baldwin. of its terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.' " The petitioner is entiled to judgment declaring the respondent a bankrupt, on the ground of having paid... | |
 | California - 1872 - 698 sider
...1'cnui Code are to |je strictly construed, has no application to this t <ffru • v*«<W'«5/**7j0rie- All its provisions are to be construed according *"*...view to effect . its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is a rule of law that penal statutes are to be strictly construed. — 1 Bl. Com., p.... | |
 | Nicholas St. John Green - 1879 - 838 sider
...Section four of the Penal Code is as follows : " The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this...view to effect its objects, and to promote justice." 1. I have remarked already that there is nothing to be found in the terms or language employed in the... | |
 | California - 1874 - 712 sider
...Commentaries, Sec. 533. tton'ofThe ^' ^'IC ru^e °^ *^e commou law> tna' penal statutes Penal Code &Te jo |je strictly construed, has no application to this Code....view to effect its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is a rule of law that penal statutes are to bo strictly construed. — 1 Bl. Com., p.... | |
 | 1874 - 802 sider
...act must be construed — as indeed should all public acts — " according to the fair import of its terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice" The petitioner is entitled tc judgment declaring the respondent a bankrupt, on the ground of having paid... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - 1876 - 986 sider
...13.004. Construction of the Penal Code. SEC. 4. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 13.005. Proi'iifiojis similar to existing laws, how construed. SEC. 5. The provisions of this code,... | |
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The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. All its provisions are to be construed according to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 
