Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Volume 10The Institute, 1920 - Crime |
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... fact . The Commission will not deal in theories , nor will it chase rainbows . It will be able to do the work it has under- taken only if it substitutes fact for theory and commands the moral support of the community . If public ...
... fact . The Commission will not deal in theories , nor will it chase rainbows . It will be able to do the work it has under- taken only if it substitutes fact for theory and commands the moral support of the community . If public ...
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... fact that the policy adopted disregarded both the extreme penalty authorized by Congress and the warnings of the Civil War . Turning , then , to the recorded facts , we find in the table that the total number of convictions for ...
... fact that the policy adopted disregarded both the extreme penalty authorized by Congress and the warnings of the Civil War . Turning , then , to the recorded facts , we find in the table that the total number of convictions for ...
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... fact the act of Congress establishing the Articles of War leaves the court - martial absolutely untrammelled ( short of the death sentence ) in the penalty to be fixed to this offense . ( 3 ) Sleeping on post ( Table I , No. 3 ) -The ...
... fact the act of Congress establishing the Articles of War leaves the court - martial absolutely untrammelled ( short of the death sentence ) in the penalty to be fixed to this offense . ( 3 ) Sleeping on post ( Table I , No. 3 ) -The ...
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... fact , later to be cited , that nearly 10 per cent of the 12,000 sentences of the last calendar year have in fact been selected for remission or mitigation , and that in those sentences an average of 90 per cent of the total periods has ...
... fact , later to be cited , that nearly 10 per cent of the 12,000 sentences of the last calendar year have in fact been selected for remission or mitigation , and that in those sentences an average of 90 per cent of the total periods has ...
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... fact . But in the light of their superb success let no one now censoriously presume to disparage the soundness of their judgment nor the wisdom . of the measures by which they achieved that success . ( c ) . Pending mitigation or ...
... fact . But in the light of their superb success let no one now censoriously presume to disparage the soundness of their judgment nor the wisdom . of the measures by which they achieved that success . ( c ) . Pending mitigation or ...
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Page 135 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Page 281 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 51 - Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable matter...
Page 51 - Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character...
Page 140 - ... signed in person by both husband and wife, provided that written assent of a spouse shall not be required when husband and wife have been living separate and apart for a period of at least five months prior to the making of such assignment, order, mortgage, or lien.
Page 52 - ... territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other state, territory or district of the United States or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof...
Page 191 - But to hold that such a characteristic is essential to due process of law, would be to deny every quality of the law but its age, and to render it incapable of progress or improvement.
Page 223 - A sentence of imprisonment in a state prison for any term less than for life suspends all the civil rights of the person so sentenced, and forfeits all public offices and all private trusts, authority, or power during such imprisonment.
Page 131 - Application for such license shall be in writing and shall contain the full name and address, both of the residence and place of business, of the applicant ; and if the applicant is a copartnership, of every member thereof; or if a corporation, of each officer thereof ; also the county and municipality, with street and number, if any, where the business is to be conducted.
Page 136 - In the opinion of the licensing official will enable the licensing official to determine whether the provisions of this Act are being observed. Every such licensee shall preserve the records of final entry used in such business, Including cards used in the card system, if any, for a period of at least two years after the making of any loan recorded therein.