United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 17Little, Brown, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... indicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore . The indictment contained two counts . The first count alleged that Turner packed in a hogshead to- bacco grown by him on a farm belonging to him in Charles County , in Maryland , and marked ...
... indicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore . The indictment contained two counts . The first count alleged that Turner packed in a hogshead to- bacco grown by him on a farm belonging to him in Charles County , in Maryland , and marked ...
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... indictment in this case are true , as therein stated . 2. That for the more speedy final determina- tion of the questions of law involved in this case the demurrers which the traverser has entered to this indictment shall be overruled ...
... indictment in this case are true , as therein stated . 2. That for the more speedy final determina- tion of the questions of law involved in this case the demurrers which the traverser has entered to this indictment shall be overruled ...
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... indictment against the prisoner , a person of that descent , the court of original jurisdiction should , on his motion , set aside the indictment . ERROR to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky . The case is stated in the ...
... indictment against the prisoner , a person of that descent , the court of original jurisdiction should , on his motion , set aside the indictment . ERROR to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky . The case is stated in the ...
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... indicted in 1879 in the Circuit Court for Fayette County , Kentucky , for murder . Upon his first trial the jury , as was stated by counsel , being unable to agree , were discharged . At the next trial he was found guilty , and ...
... indicted in 1879 in the Circuit Court for Fayette County , Kentucky , for murder . Upon his first trial the jury , as was stated by counsel , being unable to agree , were discharged . At the next trial he was found guilty , and ...
Page 112
... indictment herein was found by a grand jury , summoned under and in accordance with the provisions of section 1 , chapter 62 , General Statutes of Kentucky , which excludes all other than white citizens from being summoned , or serving ...
... indictment herein was found by a grand jury , summoned under and in accordance with the provisions of section 1 , chapter 62 , General Statutes of Kentucky , which excludes all other than white citizens from being summoned , or serving ...
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Page 112 - When any civil suit or criminal prosecution is commenced in any state court, for any cause whatsoever, against any person who is denied or cannot enforce in the judicial tribunals of the State, or in the part of the State where such suit or prosecution is pending, any right secured to him by any law providing for the equal civil rights of citizens of the United States...
Page 260 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 745 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Page 562 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 690 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 214 - That suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States, in any case where plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law.
Page 266 - ... to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted...
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