A System of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana: Consisting of a Code of Crimes and Punishments, a Code of Procedure, a Code of Evidence, a Code of Reform and Prison Discipline, a Book of Definitions, Prepared Under the Authority of a Law of the Said StateJ. Kay, Jun., 1833 - 745 |
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... jurors , in cases of property , cer- tainly does not tend to render them respectable in cases affecting life and liberty . In criminal cases , the attorney - general , I believe , demands a trial by jury , as he has a right to do , in ...
... jurors , in cases of property , cer- tainly does not tend to render them respectable in cases affecting life and liberty . In criminal cases , the attorney - general , I believe , demands a trial by jury , as he has a right to do , in ...
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... jurors - a selection is necessary . This choice must be confided to an agent of executive power , and must be made among the most eminent for education , wealth and respectability ; so , that , after several successive operations of ...
... jurors - a selection is necessary . This choice must be confided to an agent of executive power , and must be made among the most eminent for education , wealth and respectability ; so , that , after several successive operations of ...
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... jurors , he calls them- " Twelve invisible judges , whom the eye of the corruptor cannot see , and the influence of the powerful cannot reach , for they are no where to be found , until the moment when the balance of justice being ...
... jurors , he calls them- " Twelve invisible judges , whom the eye of the corruptor cannot see , and the influence of the powerful cannot reach , for they are no where to be found , until the moment when the balance of justice being ...
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... jurors , between their best feelings and their duty , their humanity and their oath ; no relation to the principal offender , in the ascending or descending line , or in the collateral , as far as the first degree : no person united to ...
... jurors , between their best feelings and their duty , their humanity and their oath ; no relation to the principal offender , in the ascending or descending line , or in the collateral , as far as the first degree : no person united to ...
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... jurors to acquit against evidence , and the pardoning power improperly to interpose . If the public excite- ment take another turn , the consequences are worse ; indignation against the crime is created into a ferocious thirst of ...
... jurors to acquit against evidence , and the pardoning power improperly to interpose . If the public excite- ment take another turn , the consequences are worse ; indignation against the crime is created into a ferocious thirst of ...
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