The Federal Reporter, Volume 289West Publishing Company, 1923 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... jury is waived . Where a jury is waived , findings of fact by the trial court , if sustained by any substantial evidence , are conclusive in the appellate court . 2. Appeal and error 265 ( 1 ) —Whether special findings of trial judge ...
... jury is waived . Where a jury is waived , findings of fact by the trial court , if sustained by any substantial evidence , are conclusive in the appellate court . 2. Appeal and error 265 ( 1 ) —Whether special findings of trial judge ...
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... jury , and not for appel- late court . In a prosecution for crime , the credibility of witnesses is peculiarly within the province of the jury , and the court on appeal cannot determine the weight of evidence . 4. Criminal law 878 ( 4 ) ...
... jury , and not for appel- late court . In a prosecution for crime , the credibility of witnesses is peculiarly within the province of the jury , and the court on appeal cannot determine the weight of evidence . 4. Criminal law 878 ( 4 ) ...
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... jury . At that stage of the trial , each defendant was placed in legal jeopardy , and was entitled to have a ver- dict of the jury on the question of his guilt , in the absence of some stat- utory or legal ground , authorizing a nolle ...
... jury . At that stage of the trial , each defendant was placed in legal jeopardy , and was entitled to have a ver- dict of the jury on the question of his guilt , in the absence of some stat- utory or legal ground , authorizing a nolle ...
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... jury may not have been distracted to their injury in passing upon distinct and independent transactions . The order ... jury consolidated or joined the separate offenses in one indictment . In the McElroy Case the error of the court ...
... jury may not have been distracted to their injury in passing upon distinct and independent transactions . The order ... jury consolidated or joined the separate offenses in one indictment . In the McElroy Case the error of the court ...
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... jury . [ 2 ] The present case is a good illustration of the necessity of strict adherence to some such rule . If the jury believed that the two marked $ 1 bills were taken from the till , the outcome of the case could not be 289 F. - 4 ...
... jury . [ 2 ] The present case is a good illustration of the necessity of strict adherence to some such rule . If the jury believed that the two marked $ 1 bills were taken from the till , the outcome of the case could not be 289 F. - 4 ...
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Page 273 - For value received hereby sell, assign and transfer unto ^ shares of the capital stock represented by the within certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Page 289 - Stat. 704, 705, amended the act of 1910 to readThat whenever an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States shall hereafter be used or manufactured by or for the United States...
Page 389 - Court of the District of Columbia, or in the district court of the United States for the district in which such claimant resides, or, if a corporation, where it has its principal place of business...
Page 516 - Court ; and no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant...
Page 197 - Education, or school district shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner, or for any purpose, exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose...
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Page 448 - ... the Alien Property Custodian, or required so to be, or seized by him shall be that provided by the terms of this Act, and in the event of sale or other disposition of such property by the Alien Property Custodian, shall be limited to and enforced against the net proceeds received therefrom and held by the Alien Property Custodian or by the Treasurer of the United States.
Page 183 - First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Page 289 - ... shall hereafter be used by the United States without license of the owner thereof or lawful right to use the same, such owner may recover reasonable compensation for such use by suit in the Court of Claims.
Page 258 - SEC. 3. A search warrant can not be issued but upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person and particularly describing the property and the place to be searched.