A System of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana: Consisting of a Code of Crimes and Punishments, a Code of Procedure, a Code of Evidence, a Code of Reform and Prison Discipline, a Book of Definitions, Prepared Under the Authority of a Law of the Said StateJ. Kay, Jun., 1833 - 745 páginas |
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Página 42
... charge of the judge to an opinion of the law , and to the repetition of the evidence , only when required by any one of the jury : the practice of repeating all the testimony from notes , always ( from the nature of things ) imperfect ...
... charge of the judge to an opinion of the law , and to the repetition of the evidence , only when required by any one of the jury : the practice of repeating all the testimony from notes , always ( from the nature of things ) imperfect ...
Página 55
... charge of presumption , I will add , no man ever did or ever can understand - for this plain reason , that , in many instances , it does not exist , until the case arises which calls for its application ; then it is pronounced , not by ...
... charge of presumption , I will add , no man ever did or ever can understand - for this plain reason , that , in many instances , it does not exist , until the case arises which calls for its application ; then it is pronounced , not by ...
Página 64
... charge which may effect reputation or life . I have enlarged more on the consequences of removing doubts as to the existence of this law because of its general operation ; for there is scarcely a litigated question in which it may not ...
... charge which may effect reputation or life . I have enlarged more on the consequences of removing doubts as to the existence of this law because of its general operation ; for there is scarcely a litigated question in which it may not ...
Página 89
... guilty ; and , worse than all this , legislators ! the judicial murder of the innocent who may perish under the operation of your sanguinary laws . All this , and M more will be laid to your charge ( a ) THE SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW . 89.
... guilty ; and , worse than all this , legislators ! the judicial murder of the innocent who may perish under the operation of your sanguinary laws . All this , and M more will be laid to your charge ( a ) THE SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW . 89.
Página 90
... charge ( a ) , if you do not embrace the oppor- tunity that is afforded to reform them ; for the continuance of every bad law , which we have the power to repeal , is equivalent to its enact- ment . Whether the mode of reform now ...
... charge ( a ) , if you do not embrace the oppor- tunity that is afforded to reform them ; for the continuance of every bad law , which we have the power to repeal , is equivalent to its enact- ment . Whether the mode of reform now ...
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Página 69 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Página 14 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
Página 69 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 249 - No person or collection of persons, being one of those departments, shall exercise any power, properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Página 563 - AB, if apprehended within the same [County], before me, or before some other Justice or Justices of the Peace of the same County, to be dealt with according to Law.
Página 427 - ... to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months...
Página 531 - ... in open court during the trial. If, during the retirement of the jury, a juror declare a fact which could be evidence in the cause, as of his own knowledge, the jury must return into court. In either of these cases, the juror making the statement must be sworn as a witness and examined in the presence of the parties.
Página 399 - ... be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars...
Página 432 - For taking away any female, under the age of sixteen years, from her father, mother, guardian, or other person having the legal charge of her person, without their consent, either for the purpose of concubinage or prostitution ; Is in.
Página 398 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.