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" Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression... "
Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the ... - Page 498
by Iowa. Supreme Court - 1907
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 14

United States. Supreme Court - 1853 - 672 pages
...consequence of the same act ; and may be said, in common parlance, to'be twice punished for the same ortence. Eve'ry citizen of the United States is also a citizen...punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal...
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Commentaries on the Criminal Law, Volume 1

Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1858 - 1012 pages
...States, relating both to that point, and to the general topic now under discussion. Said Grier, J. : " Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and maybe liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence...
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Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions: Information on ...

Henry Lee Scott - 1861 - 674 pages
...consequence of the same act, and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus an assault upon the marshal...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 1

Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - 1862 - 466 pages
...consequence of the same act; and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal...
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The American Theory of Government Considered with Reference to the Present ...

Peter Hardeman Burnett - 1863 - 142 pages
...Howard, 13,) Mr. Justice Grier, in delivering the opinion of the Court, among other things, said : " Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both That either or both may (if they...
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The American Law Register, Volume 7

1868 - 894 pages
...consequence of the same act, and may be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for the infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence [under], or transgression of,...
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The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the ..., Volumes 49-50

1894 - 922 pages
...law. A man may be compelled to make reparation in damages to the injured party, and be liable nlso to punishment for a breach of the public peace, in...punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal...
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The Congressional Globe, Part 2

United States. Congress - 1871 - 708 pages
...reparation in damages to the injured party, and be liable also to punishment for a breach of the publie peace in consequence of the same act; and may be said,...citizen of a State or Territory. He may be said to owe aljegianco to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either....
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The American Law Register, Volume 11; Volume 20

1872 - 854 pages
...liable also to punishment for a breach of the public peace, in consequence of the same act ; and maj be said, in common parlance, to be twice punished...punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal...
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Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of the United ..., Volume 1

United States. Circuit Court (5th Circuit), William Burnham Woods - 1875 - 796 pages
...How., 20. Mr. Justice GRIER, in delivering the opinion of the supreme court in the case cited, says: "Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen...punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal...
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