Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, Volume 10E.C. Markley & Son, 1887 - Bar associations |
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... punishment , can make the sentence general . The convict is sentenced to the penitentiary without a time being fixed , the object being to give the prison authorities the power to fix his length of stay in the prison . The parole system ...
... punishment , can make the sentence general . The convict is sentenced to the penitentiary without a time being fixed , the object being to give the prison authorities the power to fix his length of stay in the prison . The parole system ...
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... punishment , it is undoubtedly far in advance of anything yet devised , as any man can see at once . The difference between the man who has been allowed to go out upon this system of parole and work him- self into a good position in ...
... punishment , it is undoubtedly far in advance of anything yet devised , as any man can see at once . The difference between the man who has been allowed to go out upon this system of parole and work him- self into a good position in ...
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... punishment for crime . The resolution which the Committee reported is as follows : " Re- solved , That , in the opinion of the Association , the interests of society would be promoted by the general use of the whipping - post as a mode ...
... punishment for crime . The resolution which the Committee reported is as follows : " Re- solved , That , in the opinion of the Association , the interests of society would be promoted by the general use of the whipping - post as a mode ...
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... punishment at the present era of civilization , and Sir Edward Hill set me right with great promptness by stating to me that his long experience in rela- tion to the administration of the criminal law had taught him that long sentences ...
... punishment at the present era of civilization , and Sir Edward Hill set me right with great promptness by stating to me that his long experience in rela- tion to the administration of the criminal law had taught him that long sentences ...
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... punishment , and he said : " Yes , but I want the criminals to set the example . They regard the possession of a watch on my part as a good reason for perpetrating capital punishment . Now , when they abolish capital punishment and set ...
... punishment , and he said : " Yes , but I want the criminals to set the example . They regard the possession of a watch on my part as a good reason for perpetrating capital punishment . Now , when they abolish capital punishment and set ...
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Page 379 - Delay in Giving Notice — How Excused Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused when the delay is caused by circumstances beyond the control of the holder, and not imputable to his default, misconduct, or negligence.
Page 199 - To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to trade or commerce, or for the perversion or obstruction of justice, or of the due administration of the laws, Each of them is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Page 305 - 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 337 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 161 - All claims founded upon the constitution of the United States or any law of congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract express or implied with the government of the United States...
Page 377 - Where a bill is addressed to two or more drawees who are not partners, presentment must be made to them all...
Page 365 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determinable future time, a sum certain in money to, or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 381 - Where the person giving and the person to receive notice reside in different places, the notice must be given within the following times : 1. If...
Page 372 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.