 St. § 9430,) wherein, a felony is "construed to mean an offense for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in the state prison," the principle might still be applied.  General Ordersby United States. War Department - 1888Full view - About this book
 | New York (State) - 1829 - 882 pages
...°°7' statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in a state prison. IB. of "in- S 31. Whenever the term " infamous crime," is used in any sta/'!"•'.""•... | |
 | New York (State) - 1829 - 878 pages
...other statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in a state prison. ib. of "in- § 31. Whenever the term " infamous crime," is used in any starrime!" tute,... | |
 | Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill - 1839 - 906 pages
...23.) A felony, by the same statute, is defined to be an offence for which the offender shall be liable to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in the state prison, (id. 702, § 30.) Offenders against the act to prevent duelling, are declared to be competent to testify... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - 1841 - 834 pages
...any statute, " shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death or by imprisonment in a state prison."(e) In order, therefore, to determine whether any given offence be a felony or not,... | |
 | Michigan - 1846 - 896 pages
...defined er statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offendor, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in the state prison. SEC. 19. The term ‘“ felonious,” when used in any statute, shall be “Felonious” and construed... | |
 | Sir Matthew Hale - 1847 - 774 pages
...the revised statutes is construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in a State prison. (Rev. Slat. NY Part IV. Chap. II. Title 7. s. 30.) And in Virginia it comprehends all... | |
 | Ephraim Goss - 1849 - 226 pages
...other statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in a State Prison. 3 RS, app., p. 158. § 31. The term felonious, when used in any statute, shall be construed... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1854 - 650 pages
...of the same chapter, construed to mean any offense, for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in the State Prison. The accessory, then, upon conviction, being liable to be punished in the State Prison, it follows, by necessary... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1862 - 614 pages
...other statnte; shall be construed to mean an offense for which the offender on conviction shall be 'liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in the State prison " is oniy a legislative definition of the term " felony," as used in those provisions of the statute... | |
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