...the patent itself. First, it has been repeatedly decided, that "a thing which is in the letter of a statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers." Dwarris on Statutes, 692 ; Bac. Abr. Statute, T ; 2 Instil. 107, 386. * Here the great design of the...

...within both its letter and spirit. This rule is well settled. "A thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers." 4 Bac. Abr., Statutes, sec. 45. "Penal statutes are always to be strictly construed for the benefit...

...to its letter, but according to its meaning, and that even a thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers, 11 Rep. 73 ; Bac. Ab. tit. Statute 1 ; Dwarris on Statutes, 690, 691, 692. It is an established rule...

...resorted to, i • in order to find the meaning of the words. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute...statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers ; and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded."* So in the same...

...Hall, 4 Comstock, 140. in order to find the meaning of the words. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute...within the statute, unless it be within the intention pf the makers ; and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded."*...

...contrary to the letter of the statute. (Crocker agt. Crane, supra.) Because a thing within the intention is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute if contrary to the intention of it. (The People agt. The...

...be carried into effect. Again, it is a rule of construction that a thing within the intention of the statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter of the statute. ( The People v. The Utica Ins. Co. 15 John. 358. Jackson v. Collins, 3 Cowen, 89.)...

...to be collected from the cause or necessity of making a statute ; and a thing within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. (6 Bac. Abr. 384. Gwillim's ed. Stat. I. s. 5. and the cases there cited.) To ascertain the intention...

...contrary to the letter of the statute. Crocker v. Crane, supra. Because a thing within the intention is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing wiihin the letter is not within tho statute if contrary to the intention of it. The People v. The Utica...

...to be resorted to in order to find the meaning of the words. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute...letter ; and a thing which is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers ; and such construction...