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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... correct , we contend , that the proper process in the case of Callendar was a summons . An act of Virginia , passed in the year 1792 , provides that the grand jury " shall present all treasons , murders , felonies , or other ...
... correct , we contend , that the proper process in the case of Callendar was a summons . An act of Virginia , passed in the year 1792 , provides that the grand jury " shall present all treasons , murders , felonies , or other ...
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... correct in my position that nothing is impeachable that is not also indictable , for what acts then may a man Le indicted ? May it be on the mere caprice or opinion of any ten , twenty or one hundred men in the community ; or must it ...
... correct in my position that nothing is impeachable that is not also indictable , for what acts then may a man Le indicted ? May it be on the mere caprice or opinion of any ten , twenty or one hundred men in the community ; or must it ...
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... correct abuses in office , they have no right to claim any other sort of responsibility - If this be not the case , what go- vernment have we ? What rule of conduct ? What system of association ? None - But are truly in a state of ...
... correct abuses in office , they have no right to claim any other sort of responsibility - If this be not the case , what go- vernment have we ? What rule of conduct ? What system of association ? None - But are truly in a state of ...
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... correct , and we cannot say that in the execution of this correct intention , he would have carried it to such excess as to pro- duce oppression and injustice . The design was crushed in embryo : as far as we are acquainted with it , it ...
... correct , and we cannot say that in the execution of this correct intention , he would have carried it to such excess as to pro- duce oppression and injustice . The design was crushed in embryo : as far as we are acquainted with it , it ...
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... correct one , and it is admitted or at least not de- nied to be so , where or whence could any injury arise from it to John Fries or his counsel ? The opinion is supported by English authority , and by the highly respectable names of ...
... correct one , and it is admitted or at least not de- nied to be so , where or whence could any injury arise from it to John Fries or his counsel ? The opinion is supported by English authority , and by the highly respectable names of ...
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