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 |
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... intent to murder ( almost the only crimes punished in that manner here ) , be more frequently committed in this country than in that which I select for the comparison , then we shall have some reason to doubt the efficacy of this ...
... intent to murder ( almost the only crimes punished in that manner here ) , be more frequently committed in this country than in that which I select for the comparison , then we shall have some reason to doubt the efficacy of this ...
Page 82
... intent to murder , is punishable , with death . But by a prior law , to which I have before referred , one species of murder was punishable only by imprisonment . A strong induce- ment was here offered the offender if he dreaded death ...
... intent to murder , is punishable , with death . But by a prior law , to which I have before referred , one species of murder was punishable only by imprisonment . A strong induce- ment was here offered the offender if he dreaded death ...
Page 83
... intent to kill ( for all killing in the perpetration of the robbery would be murder ) , he would suffer death , although the attempt should be abandoned as soon as it was made , or although it was only made to de- fend himself from ...
... intent to kill ( for all killing in the perpetration of the robbery would be murder ) , he would suffer death , although the attempt should be abandoned as soon as it was made , or although it was only made to de- fend himself from ...
Page 87
... intent to murder and with a dangerous weapon ; but if done with the same intent to murder , but not by lying in wait , or not in the perpetration of either of the crimes above enumerated , it may be punished by simple imprisonment for ...
... intent to murder and with a dangerous weapon ; but if done with the same intent to murder , but not by lying in wait , or not in the perpetration of either of the crimes above enumerated , it may be punished by simple imprisonment for ...
Page 109
... intent is so uncertain , that the chief employment of the judiciary power has been , not its proper function of ascertaining facts and then applying to them the provisions of a known law , but in the legislative task of declaring what ...
... intent is so uncertain , that the chief employment of the judiciary power has been , not its proper function of ascertaining facts and then applying to them the provisions of a known law , but in the legislative task of declaring what ...
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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.