A System of Penal Law for the State of Louisiana: Consisting of a Code of Crimes and Punishments, a Code of Procedure, a Code of Evidence, a Code of Reform and Prison Discipline, a Book of Definitions, Prepared Under the Authority of a Law of the Said State |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 6
... execute the work , to give them some of the de- tached parts as specimens of the execution , and then to take their di- rection whether it should be completed or not . The introductory notice herewith submitted , gives the different ...
... execute the work , to give them some of the de- tached parts as specimens of the execution , and then to take their di- rection whether it should be completed or not . The introductory notice herewith submitted , gives the different ...
Page 16
... execution is felt exclusively by him , although it ought to fall on the laws which inflict it . The father , by a rash act of self - de- struction , deprives his family of the support he ought to afford them ; and the law completes the ...
... execution is felt exclusively by him , although it ought to fall on the laws which inflict it . The father , by a rash act of self - de- struction , deprives his family of the support he ought to afford them ; and the law completes the ...
Page 17
... execution , he is a savage . It is either a vain threat , and therefore cannot operate , or if executed with an ill - directed rage , strikes the innocent because the guilty is beyond its reach . Another species of offence is also ...
... execution , he is a savage . It is either a vain threat , and therefore cannot operate , or if executed with an ill - directed rage , strikes the innocent because the guilty is beyond its reach . Another species of offence is also ...
Page 25
... execution of the law , its stroke falls , and the innocent victim dies . What would not then the jurors who convicted ; the judges who condemned ; the mistaken witness who testified to his guilt ; what would not the whole community who ...
... execution of the law , its stroke falls , and the innocent victim dies . What would not then the jurors who convicted ; the judges who condemned ; the mistaken witness who testified to his guilt ; what would not the whole community who ...
Page 27
... execution creates an inhuman taste to behold another ; if a curiosity , satisfied at first with terror , increases with its gratification , and becomes a passion by indulgence , we ought to be ex- tremely careful how , by sanctioning ...
... execution creates an inhuman taste to behold another ; if a curiosity , satisfied at first with terror , increases with its gratification , and becomes a passion by indulgence , we ought to be ex- tremely careful how , by sanctioning ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accused alleged arrest assault assembly attorney at law bail cause chapter charge circumstances civil close custody committed common law confinement constitution contained conviction counsellor at law court Crimes and Punishments criminal death declared defendant degree directed discharged duty effect evidence evil examination execution fact false falsehood fined not less force fraudulently give given grand jury guilty habeas corpus hard labour homicide hundred dollars illegal imprisoned at hard incurred indictment inflicted injury innocent instrument intent judge judgment judicial jurors last preceding article legislation legislature magistrate manner means ment misdemeanor murder nature necessary oath object offence offences affecting officer of justice operation Orleans parish party penal law penalty perjury person prevent principles produce proof prosecution provisions punishment purpose reason reformation render rule society statute suffer testimony tion trial truth unlawful assembly warrant witness words writ
Popular passages
Page 130 - Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
Page 69 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 69 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 404 - ... in a sum not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than two years.
Page 249 - No person or collection of persons, being one of those departments, shall exercise any power, properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Page 142 - That if any person shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any...
Page 249 - The powers of the government of the State of Mississippi shall be divided into three distinct departments, and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy, to wit: those which are legislative to one. those which are judicial to another, and those which are executive to another.
Page 679 - ... 2. In other cases, the judgment or order is, in respect to the matter directly adjudged, conclusive between the parties and their successors in interest by title subsequent to the commencement of the action or special proceeding, litigating for the same thing under the same title and in the same capacity, provided they have notice, actual or constructive, of the pendency of the action or proceeding.
Page 528 - ... upon such trial, the officers, whether judicial or ministerial, whose irregularity is complained of, as well as any other persons, may be examined to prove or disprove the facts alleged as the ground of the challenge.
Page 493 - If a party brought before the court or judge on the return of the writ is not entitled to his discharge, and is not bailed, where such bail is allowable, the court or judge must remand him to custody or place him under the restraint from which he was taken, if the person under whose custody or restraint he was is legally entitled thereto.