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, Volume 2S. H. Smith, 1805 - Impeachments |
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... opinion , whim or caprice . The whole system of impeachment must be taken together and not in disjointed parts ; and if we find one part of the constitution declaring who shall commence an impeachment , we find other parts of it ...
... opinion , whim or caprice . The whole system of impeachment must be taken together and not in disjointed parts ; and if we find one part of the constitution declaring who shall commence an impeachment , we find other parts of it ...
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... opinions on this court as of any value . But surely I could not hesitate to say that both of the cases put by the ... opinion of any ten , twenty or one hundred men in the community ; or must it not be on some known law of the society ...
... opinions on this court as of any value . But surely I could not hesitate to say that both of the cases put by the ... opinion of any ten , twenty or one hundred men in the community ; or must it not be on some known law of the society ...
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... opinion on a question of law , on the construction of which the defence of the accused materially depended - but when the article goes on to charge that this opinion tended to prejudice the minds of the jury against the case of John ...
... opinion on a question of law , on the construction of which the defence of the accused materially depended - but when the article goes on to charge that this opinion tended to prejudice the minds of the jury against the case of John ...
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... opinion . Could this be done with any inten- tion to injure or oppress the prisoner ; if such was the intention of the act , then and not otherwise , it was criminal . In inquiring into the nature of this act , I confine myself now to ...
... opinion . Could this be done with any inten- tion to injure or oppress the prisoner ; if such was the intention of the act , then and not otherwise , it was criminal . In inquiring into the nature of this act , I confine myself now to ...
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... opinion , to save time , as much had been lost at the former trial ; and states that the judge said the court had determined to express their opinion in writing on law , that they might not be misunder- stood . Here we find the reason ...
... opinion , to save time , as much had been lost at the former trial ; and states that the judge said the court had determined to express their opinion in writing on law , that they might not be misunder- stood . Here we find the reason ...
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Page 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.
Page 107 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Page 228 - ... according as the very right of the cause and matter in law shall appear unto them, without regarding any imperfection, omission...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.