The Bar: West Virginia, Volume 14West Virginia Bar Association., 1907 |
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... Verdicts of special or common juries must be unanimous . The jury lists are made up by the overseers or parish officers in each parish , and fixed on church doors for the first three Sundays in Septem- ber in each year . Objections to ...
... Verdicts of special or common juries must be unanimous . The jury lists are made up by the overseers or parish officers in each parish , and fixed on church doors for the first three Sundays in Septem- ber in each year . Objections to ...
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... verdict went against him , he could then appeal it to the highest court in the coun- try , your lordship , and if his client still stood in danger of hanging , he might plead ' twice in jeopardy , ' or something of that kind . I am not ...
... verdict went against him , he could then appeal it to the highest court in the coun- try , your lordship , and if his client still stood in danger of hanging , he might plead ' twice in jeopardy , ' or something of that kind . I am not ...
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... verdict of murder . The twelve grim men in the jury box whispered together a few minutes , and then , without leaving their seats , announced through the foreman the verdict- " wilful mur- der . " The chief justice arose and put on the ...
... verdict of murder . The twelve grim men in the jury box whispered together a few minutes , and then , without leaving their seats , announced through the foreman the verdict- " wilful mur- der . " The chief justice arose and put on the ...
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... Verdict Set Aside ; New Trial Awarded . Sanders , Judge . 1. Where an agent is empowered to procure a purchaser for real estate within a stipulated time , and is to receive a certain compensa- tion for his services , he will not be ...
... Verdict Set Aside ; New Trial Awarded . Sanders , Judge . 1. Where an agent is empowered to procure a purchaser for real estate within a stipulated time , and is to receive a certain compensa- tion for his services , he will not be ...
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... verdict for the party in whose favor it preponderates . 6. The giving of instructions , having no basis or foundation in the evidence in the case in which they are given , is prejudicial and constitutes a revisible error . 7. When the ...
... verdict for the party in whose favor it preponderates . 6. The giving of instructions , having no basis or foundation in the evidence in the case in which they are given , is prejudicial and constitutes a revisible error . 7. When 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.