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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... their next session , and that a sum of five hundred dollars shall be paid to him , on a warrant of the governor upon the state treasury , to enable him to procure such in- A 2 formation and documents relative to the operation of the.
... their next session , and that a sum of five hundred dollars shall be paid to him , on a warrant of the governor upon the state treasury , to enable him to procure such in- A 2 formation and documents relative to the operation of the.
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... warrant , out of the treasury of the state , to be on account of the compensation to him allowed , when his work shall be completed . A. BEAUVAIS , Speaker of the House of Representatives . Approved , March 21 , 1822 , J. POYDRAS ...
... warrant , out of the treasury of the state , to be on account of the compensation to him allowed , when his work shall be completed . A. BEAUVAIS , Speaker of the House of Representatives . Approved , March 21 , 1822 , J. POYDRAS ...
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... warrant the conclusion , that it ought to be adopted here . * The legislature of Pennsylvania have received , very favourably , a plan presented by Dr Mease , recommending this mode of punishment ; he has sent me a copy of his papers ...
... warrant the conclusion , that it ought to be adopted here . * The legislature of Pennsylvania have received , very favourably , a plan presented by Dr Mease , recommending this mode of punishment ; he has sent me a copy of his papers ...
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... warrant has come down , I have seen them treat it with levity . I once saw a man , for whom I had been con- cerned the day before his execution , and on offering him condolence , and expressing my concern at his situation , he replied ...
... warrant has come down , I have seen them treat it with levity . I once saw a man , for whom I had been con- cerned the day before his execution , and on offering him condolence , and expressing my concern at his situation , he replied ...
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... warrants ; and designates precisely the cases where arrests may be made without them . It prescribes minutely the duties , and defines the authority , as well of officers as of individuals , who assist them in making arrests . It ...
... warrants ; and designates precisely the cases where arrests may be made without them . It prescribes minutely the duties , and defines the authority , as well of officers as of individuals , who assist them in making arrests . It ...
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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.