The Young American: Or, Book of Government and Law; Showing Their History, Nature and Necessity. For the Use of Schools...William Robinson, 1844 - 282 pages |
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Page 16
... trial , and without remedy to the injured , or retribution to the injurer . Among such a people , there is no enlightened public opinion ; no pervading sense of justice ; no security for the weak against the strong , for the poor ...
... trial , and without remedy to the injured , or retribution to the injurer . Among such a people , there is no enlightened public opinion ; no pervading sense of justice ; no security for the weak against the strong , for the poor ...
Page 86
... trial of civil affairs respecting property , as belong- ing either to citizens or strangers . They were also to assist in watching over the rights of the people and preserve tranquillity , especially during the night . The archons had ...
... trial of civil affairs respecting property , as belong- ing either to citizens or strangers . They were also to assist in watching over the rights of the people and preserve tranquillity , especially during the night . The archons had ...
Page 93
... become a judge was , that they received for every trial an obolus , about twenty cents , each , and sometimes three oboli . This recompense occasioned an annual expen- diture to the state of about one hundred and fifty. CHAPTER XXX .
... become a judge was , that they received for every trial an obolus , about twenty cents , each , and sometimes three oboli . This recompense occasioned an annual expen- diture to the state of about one hundred and fifty. CHAPTER XXX .
Page 94
... trials , and had leisure any day for that purpose , attended and gave in their names ; a sufficient number was then elected by lot for the different courts for that day . They received tablets to indicate this , and on presenting them ...
... trials , and had leisure any day for that purpose , attended and gave in their names ; a sufficient number was then elected by lot for the different courts for that day . They received tablets to indicate this , and on presenting them ...
Page 99
... trial for their lives . They could assume this right over the kings , but they were very delicate în ex- ercising it . Two of them generally accompanied the king in his military expeditions , as a watch over his conduct . To these ...
... trial for their lives . They could assume this right over the kings , but they were very delicate în ex- ercising it . Two of them generally accompanied the king in his military expeditions , as a watch over his conduct . To these ...
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