The Bar: West Virginia, Volume 14West Virginia Bar Association., 1907 |
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... some valuable recommendations , among which was one for the relief of the Court of Appeals , which resulted in the adoption of a recommendation for a con- stitutional amendment providing two additional members of that Court . 6 THE BAR.
... some valuable recommendations , among which was one for the relief of the Court of Appeals , which resulted in the adoption of a recommendation for a con- stitutional amendment providing two additional members of that Court . 6 THE BAR.
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... appeal . The evidence upon which Patrick was convicted was that of the millionaire's valet , an eccentric individual , who swore that in collusion with Patrick , they had chloroformed their victim to death . An autopsy was performed to ...
... appeal . The evidence upon which Patrick was convicted was that of the millionaire's valet , an eccentric individual , who swore that in collusion with Patrick , they had chloroformed their victim to death . An autopsy was performed to ...
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... appeal , criminal cases are conducted in England in practically the same way that they are in the United States except that the prosecutions are not generally conducted by a public official , such as district attorney or prosecuting ...
... appeal , criminal cases are conducted in England in practically the same way that they are in the United States except that the prosecutions are not generally conducted by a public official , such as district attorney or prosecuting ...
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... appeal in criminal cases as that proceeding is understood in the United States , the judge's power is very great in shortening trials , but it is admitted on all sides that full justice is done to the prisoner on the whole . What is the ...
... appeal in criminal cases as that proceeding is understood in the United States , the judge's power is very great in shortening trials , but it is admitted on all sides that full justice is done to the prisoner on the whole . What is the ...
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... appeal finally taken , if there is a conviction , and another delay of possibly a year occurs . Then if there is a reversal , the case goes back for another trial , and probably several other circumstances are obtained . Several of the ...
... appeal finally taken , if there is a conviction , and another delay of possibly a year occurs . Then if there is a reversal , the case goes back for another trial , and probably several other circumstances are obtained . Several of the ...
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Page 2 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation, for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 13 - To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone.
Page 13 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 20 - ... the power over commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, is vested in congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government, having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the constitution of the United States.
Page 18 - I HOLD every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavour themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Page 29 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 26 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 19 - I cannot tell : this same truth is a naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights.
Page 26 - Territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or in .restraint of trade or commerce between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory or territories and any State or states or the District of Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any State or states or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal.