Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar AssociationThe Association, 1887 - Bar associations |
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Page 41
... jurors . Why an institution that has outlived its susefulness , that is a relic of barbarism , and the only one existing in highly civilized countries , is preserved , is to many people a mystery . It may be accounted for on the ...
... jurors . Why an institution that has outlived its susefulness , that is a relic of barbarism , and the only one existing in highly civilized countries , is preserved , is to many people a mystery . It may be accounted for on the ...
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... jurors ; the quieting of land titles ; the charging against municipalities of losses by riots , etc. , and many other measures of great value are thus , from time to time , brought before the General Assembly . Indeed , our people are ...
... jurors ; the quieting of land titles ; the charging against municipalities of losses by riots , etc. , and many other measures of great value are thus , from time to time , brought before the General Assembly . Indeed , our people are ...
Page 66
... jurors . I venture to ask the influ- ence of the Association in support of all legislative measures inten- ded to bring about reform in the matter of the selection of jurors , and in its bearing upon the elevation " of the standard of ...
... jurors . I venture to ask the influ- ence of the Association in support of all legislative measures inten- ded to bring about reform in the matter of the selection of jurors , and in its bearing upon the elevation " of the standard of ...
Page 67
... jurors to decide upon the rights of the citizen , it goes without say- ing , that whoever indulges in practices tending to destroy that hon- esty and impartiality , should be visited with the severest punish- ment that the law and ...
... jurors to decide upon the rights of the citizen , it goes without say- ing , that whoever indulges in practices tending to destroy that hon- esty and impartiality , should be visited with the severest punish- ment that the law and ...
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... juror , the sequence of events and chain of circumstance upon which depended the case of his client . It would be hard for his brother lawyers to say whether he most excelled in the presentation of questions of law or of fact . Though ...
... juror , the sequence of events and chain of circumstance upon which depended the case of his client . It would be hard for his brother lawyers to say whether he most excelled in the presentation of questions of law or of fact . Though ...
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Page 64 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is, some books are to. be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Page 100 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 25 - ... the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation (or association), and that...
Page 100 - are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty, * * * that is to say * * * the power to govern men and things.
Page 41 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 100 - When one becomes a member of society, he necessarily parts with some rights or privileges which, as an individual not affected by his relations to others, he might retain. "A body politic...
Page 100 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 72 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 33 - If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.