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... Court assembled , and by the authority of the same , That when the first precinct of the town of Cambridge , being and lying within the same , at any legal meeting of the inhabitants , shall vote any ... Judicial Court 1784. CHAPTER 3 . 9.
... Court assembled , and by the authority of the same , That when the first precinct of the town of Cambridge , being and lying within the same , at any legal meeting of the inhabitants , shall vote any ... Judicial Court 1784. CHAPTER 3 . 9.
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... Court assembled , and by the authority of the same , That thirty days at the least before the sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court in each county within this Commonwealth , the clerk of the same Court shall issue his warrants ...
... Court assembled , and by the authority of the same , That thirty days at the least before the sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court in each county within this Commonwealth , the clerk of the same Court shall issue his warrants ...
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... Judicial Court . as those serving at the Supreme Judicial Court . Penalties for neglect in con- stables , towns , chosen to serve or persons as Grand Jurors . And if any constable shall neglect to assemble the inhabitants of his town ...
... Judicial Court . as those serving at the Supreme Judicial Court . Penalties for neglect in con- stables , towns , chosen to serve or persons as Grand Jurors . And if any constable shall neglect to assemble the inhabitants of his town ...
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... Judicial Court of this Commonwealth , shall be punished by being set on the gallows for the space of one hour , with a rope about his neck , or shall pay a fine , not exceeding one hundred pounds , to the use of this Commonwealth , or ...
... Judicial Court of this Commonwealth , shall be punished by being set on the gallows for the space of one hour , with a rope about his neck , or shall pay a fine , not exceeding one hundred pounds , to the use of this Commonwealth , or ...
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... Judicial Court , and have their names written by the town clerk on separate pieces of paper and put into one of the boxes , to be liable to be drawn out as is herein hereafter directed , to serve on the Petit Jury , at the Supreme Judicial ...
... Judicial Court , and have their names written by the town clerk on separate pieces of paper and put into one of the boxes , to be liable to be drawn out as is herein hereafter directed , to serve on the Petit Jury , at the Supreme Judicial ...
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Page 452 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to...
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Page 54 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
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Page 513 - ... ought to have been made, issue a warrant, under his hand and seal, directed to the sheriff...
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Page 497 - You, AB, do swear, that you will not disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court-martial, unless required to give evidence thereof, as a witness, by a court of justice, in due course of law ; nor divulge the sentence of the court to any but the proper authority, until it shall be duly disclosed by the same. So help you God.
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