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 State : to which are Prefixed a Preliminary Report on the Plan of a Penal Code and Introductory Reports to the Several Codes Embraced in the System of Penal LawJ. Kay, Jun, 1833 - 745 |
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... applied ; and is an illegal assumption of legislative power , so far as it establishes a rule for future decisions . In our republic , where the different departments of government are constitutionally forbidden to interfere with each ...
... applied ; and is an illegal assumption of legislative power , so far as it establishes a rule for future decisions . In our republic , where the different departments of government are constitutionally forbidden to interfere with each ...
Strona 10
... applying the law , and disposing at his will , of the life , liberty , and reputation of a citizen . In proposing this change in our law , I may be permitted to make a few reflections , to show its importance . The trial by jury formed ...
... applying the law , and disposing at his will , of the life , liberty , and reputation of a citizen . In proposing this change in our law , I may be permitted to make a few reflections , to show its importance . The trial by jury formed ...
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... applied . If solitary , it is , for most offences , too severe . If it be not solitary , it becomes a school for vice and every kind of corruption . The want of employment , even when men are at liberty , leads them to evil associations ...
... applied . If solitary , it is , for most offences , too severe . If it be not solitary , it becomes a school for vice and every kind of corruption . The want of employment , even when men are at liberty , leads them to evil associations ...
Strona 25
... applied , and its progress will discover whether he may be again trusted in society , or whether his depravity is so rooted as to require continued confinement . In coming to a resolution on this solemn subject , we must not forget ...
... applied , and its progress will discover whether he may be again trusted in society , or whether his depravity is so rooted as to require continued confinement . In coming to a resolution on this solemn subject , we must not forget ...
Strona 36
... decidedly superior to any other . To detail the mode in which these different punishments are com- posed and applied to the different offences , would be to repeat the pro- visions of the whole book , which cannot be expected 36 REPORT ON.
... decidedly superior to any other . To detail the mode in which these different punishments are com- posed and applied to the different offences , would be to repeat the pro- visions of the whole book , which cannot be expected 36 REPORT ON.
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Strona 14 - If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods...
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Strona 563 - AB, if apprehended within the same [County], before me, or before some other Justice or Justices of the Peace of the same County, to be dealt with according to Law.
Strona 427 - ... to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding six months...
Strona 531 - ... in open court during the trial. If, during the retirement of the jury, a juror declare a fact which could be evidence in the cause, as of his own knowledge, the jury must return into court. In either of these cases, the juror making the statement must be sworn as a witness and examined in the presence of the parties.
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Strona 398 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.