 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.  Southern Reporter - Page 1001889Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Lynde Oliver - United States - 1832 - 411 pages
...unconstitutional. So, if it aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed. So, if it changes the punishment, and inflicts a greater punishment than the law annexed to the crime when 5t was committed. So, if it alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives any testimony less than,... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1832
...crime, and made it greater than it was when committed ; or which changed the punishment, and inflicted a greater punishment than the law annexed to the crime when committed ; or which altered the legal rules of evidence, and received less or different testimony than the law... | |
 | Kentucky, Charles Slaughter Morehead, Mason Brown - Law - 1834 - 1648 pages
...such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or that makes il greater than when committed. 3d. Every law that changes the punishment and inflicts...than the law annexed to the crime when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than... | |
 | John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 728 pages
...action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed. 3d. Every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts...than the law annexed to the crime when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than... | |
 | Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - Law - 1846
...aggravate a crime, or make it greater than it was when committed; or, 3, change the punishment, and inflict a greater punishment than the law annexed to the crime when committed ; or, 4, alter the legal rules of evidence, and receive less or different testimony than the law required... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1855
...crime or makes it greater than it was, when committed. 3d. Every law that changes the pun* iihment, and inflicts a greater punishment than the law annexed to the crime, when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1851
...crime, and made it greater than it was when committed ; or which changed the punishment, and inflicted a greater punishment, than the law annexed to the crime when committed ; or which altered the legal rules of evidence, and received less or different testimony than the law... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1855
...action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime or makes it greater than it was, when committed. 3d. Every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts...than the law annexed to the crime, when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1855
...action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed. 3d. Every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts...than the law annexed to the crime when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence and receives less, or different testimony, than... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857
...2nd. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was before it was committed. 3rd. Every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts...than the law annexed to the crime when committed. 4th. Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less, or different testimony than... | |
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