Trial of Charles A. Edmonds, Commissioner of the Land Office of the State of Michigan, Before the Senate of Said State, Volume 2

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W. S. George & Company, state printers, 1872

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Page 933 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.
Page 1719 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Page 1587 - It is not so much designed to punish an offender as to secure the State. It touches neither his person nor his property; but simply divests him of his political capacity.
Page 1011 - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Michigan...
Page 1262 - ... taken the oaths annexed to the said commission, according to the tenor and effect thereof and as thereby directed, on the part and behalf of the said [complainant...
Page 1700 - State will not be secured by a compliance with the terms of payment prescribed in the second section of this act, require of the purchaser fifty per centum of the purchase money to be paid at the time of the purchase...
Page 1561 - A. Yes, sir. Q. How long have you known him?
Page 1840 - Section 1. The judicial power is vested in one supreme court, in circuit courts, in probate courts, and in justices of the peace.
Page 1747 - Let it once be settled that the defendant may thus waive this constitutional right, and no one can foresee the extent of the evils which might follow ; but the whole judicial history of the past must admonish us that very serious evils should be apprehended, and that every step taken in that direction would tend to increase the danger. One act of neglect might be recognized as a waiver in one case, and another in another, until the constitutional safeguard might be substantially frittered away.
Page 1810 - Osborne, now Earl of Danby, ran down Chancellor Hyde ; but what will become of the Earl of Danby, your lordships best can tell. But let me see that man that dare run the Earl of Danby down, and we shall soon see what will become of him.

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