United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 71U.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 - Courts |
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... brought to this court by certificate . * An order must be made , therefore , remanding this cause to the Circuit Court , without answer to the question certi- fied , for want of jurisdiction . EX PARTE MILLIGAN . 1. Circuit Courts , as ...
... brought to this court by certificate . * An order must be made , therefore , remanding this cause to the Circuit Court , without answer to the question certi- fied , for want of jurisdiction . EX PARTE MILLIGAN . 1. Circuit Courts , as ...
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... brought before him or the court to be discharged , on entering into recognizance , if required , to keep the peace and for good behavior , or to appear , as the court might direct , to be further dealt with according to law . Every ...
... brought before him or the court to be discharged , on entering into recognizance , if required , to keep the peace and for good behavior , or to appear , as the court might direct , to be further dealt with according to law . Every ...
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... brought before the court , and either turned over to the proper civil tribunal to be proceeded with according to the law of the land , or discharged from custody alto- gether . At the hearing of the petition in the Circuit Court , the ...
... brought before the court , and either turned over to the proper civil tribunal to be proceeded with according to the law of the land , or discharged from custody alto- gether . At the hearing of the petition in the Circuit Court , the ...
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... brought in . If a list had been brought in containing the name of one of these petitioners , it would have been the judge's duty to inquire into his imprisonment ; if no list had been brought in , his case could only be brought before ...
... brought in . If a list had been brought in containing the name of one of these petitioners , it would have been the judge's duty to inquire into his imprisonment ; if no list had been brought in , his case could only be brought before ...
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... brought up , would be remanded . The presentation of the petition brings be- fore the court , at the outset , the merits , to a certain extent , of the whole case . That was the course pursued in Pass- more Williamson's case ; * in Rex ...
... brought up , would be remanded . The presentation of the petition brings be- fore the court , at the outset , the merits , to a certain extent , of the whole case . That was the course pursued in Pass- more Williamson's case ; * in Rex ...
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Page 333 - I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Page 121 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great, exigencies of government.
Page 556 - Of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common,law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it Fourth.
Page 363 - The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like.
Page 386 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Page 401 - The question remains whether the plaintiff has made out his title; for he must recover (if at all) upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversaries.
Page 4 - And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment.
Page 536 - The contract between Georgia and the purchasers was executed by the grant. A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. A party is, therefore, always estopped by his own grant.
Page 300 - Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the time of the commission of the offense, in order to convict the offender.
Page 374 - I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...