Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, from April Term, 1858, to [May Term, 1878] ... by Hon. Nathan Clifford ... William Henry Clifford ... Reporter ...Little, Brown,, 1869 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 18
... objection . of the prisoners , which was not by law admissible . That com- plaint has reference to certain statements , made and signed by the prisoners on the 9th and 10th of September , 1857 , before Thomas Savage , acting vice ...
... objection . of the prisoners , which was not by law admissible . That com- plaint has reference to certain statements , made and signed by the prisoners on the 9th and 10th of September , 1857 , before Thomas Savage , acting vice ...
Page 19
... objection was taken to it at the trial , and it is now said in argument for the United States that witnesses were present by whom the fact could have been proved , and were not called because the objection was not made . Another answer ...
... objection was taken to it at the trial , and it is now said in argument for the United States that witnesses were present by whom the fact could have been proved , and were not called because the objection was not made . Another answer ...
Page 22
... objected , that the cor- pus delicti was not proved , as the captain might have been taken up by some of the other vessels . But the court , while admitting United States v . Williams and Cox . the rule 22 MAINE DISTRICT .
... objected , that the cor- pus delicti was not proved , as the captain might have been taken up by some of the other vessels . But the court , while admitting United States v . Williams and Cox . the rule 22 MAINE DISTRICT .
Page 71
... objection and without any arrangement in respect to the balance of freight , which remained unpaid . Delivery under such circum- stances , especially when accompanied by part payment of the freight , as in this case , must be considered ...
... objection and without any arrangement in respect to the balance of freight , which remained unpaid . Delivery under such circum- stances , especially when accompanied by part payment of the freight , as in this case , must be considered ...
Page 98
... objection , cannot afterwards be stricken out by the court , merely because the foundation for its admission , by preliminary inquiry , has not been made . Where the expression of an opinion of a witness not qualified to speak as an ...
... objection , cannot afterwards be stricken out by the court , merely because the foundation for its admission , by preliminary inquiry , has not been made . Where the expression of an opinion of a witness not qualified to speak as an ...
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Popular passages
Page 120 - ... 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 laboring 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 129 - ... as if the executor or administrator had voluntarily made himself a party to the suit...
Page 118 - ... doing, a knowledge and consciousness that the act he is doing is wrong and criminal, and will subject him to punishment. In order to be responsible he must have sufficient power of memory to recollect the relation in which he stands...
Page 11 - Section 8 of the act provides " that if any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 22 - is deserving of the highest credit, because it is presumed to flow from the strongest sense of guilt, and therefore it is admitted as proof of the crime to which it refers...
Page 578 - A liberal construction should be placed upon written Instruments, so as to uphold them, if possible, and carry into effect the Intention of the parties.
Page 15 - ... to falsify the matter wherein the perjury is assigned, without setting forth the bill, answer, information, indictment, declaration, or any part of any record or proceeding, either in law or equity, or any affidavit, deposition, or certificate, other than as hereinbefore stated, and without setting forth the commission or authority of the court or person before whom the perjury was committed.
Page 11 - April, 1790,(i) provides that "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...
Page 541 - That any person or persons having discovered or invented any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter...
Page 38 - Every man who has a share of the profits of a trade ought also to bear his share of the loss. And if any one takes part of the profit he takes a part of that fund on which the creditor of the trader relies for his payment.