Report of the Trial of James H. Peck, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Missouri, Before the Senate of the United States on an Impeachment Preferred by the House of Representatives Against Him for High Misdemeanors in OfficeHilliard, Gray and Company, 1833 - 592 pages |
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... constitution , than to surround it with that awe which properly belongs to it . In the present instance , although the petitioner , Mr. Lawless , has attempted to give solemnity to his complaint , by representing the freedom of the ...
... constitution , than to surround it with that awe which properly belongs to it . In the present instance , although the petitioner , Mr. Lawless , has attempted to give solemnity to his complaint , by representing the freedom of the ...
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... Constitution of the United States . Judge Peck is perfectly aware of the purposes to be answered by his removal , and is , therefore , not at all surprised at the pertinacity with which it has been sought for the last four years ...
... Constitution of the United States . Judge Peck is perfectly aware of the purposes to be answered by his removal , and is , therefore , not at all surprised at the pertinacity with which it has been sought for the last four years ...
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... Constitution of the Uni- ted States , during good behavior only , with intention wrongfully and unjustly to oppress , imprison , and otherwise injure the said Luke Edward Lawless , un- der color of law , did , thereafter , at a term of ...
... Constitution of the Uni- ted States , during good behavior only , with intention wrongfully and unjustly to oppress , imprison , and otherwise injure the said Luke Edward Lawless , un- der color of law , did , thereafter , at a term of ...
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... constitution and the laws of the land in so considering and adjudging it , and in punishing it as a contempt by the summary process of attachment , in the manner in which it was punished . In addition to which , it may be observed that ...
... constitution and the laws of the land in so considering and adjudging it , and in punishing it as a contempt by the summary process of attachment , in the manner in which it was punished . In addition to which , it may be observed that ...
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... constitution of the United States ; this instrument limiting the judiciary to the exercise of judicial power merely . From the constitution of the court , therefore , as well as from the terms of the act of Congress , he considered ...
... constitution of the United States ; this instrument limiting the judiciary to the exercise of judicial power merely . From the constitution of the court , therefore , as well as from the terms of the act of Congress , he considered ...
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Page 300 - The fundamental principle of the Revolution was, that the Colonies were co-ordinate members with each other and with Great Britain, of an empire united by a common executive sovereign, but not united by any common legislative sovereign. The legislative power was maintained to be as complete in each American Parliament, as in the British Parliament. And the royal prerogative was in force in each Colony by virtue of its acknowledging the King for its executive magistrate, as it was in Great Britain...
Page 343 - Nothing is more incumbent upon Courts of Justice, than to preserve their proceedings from being misrepresented ; nor is there anything of more pernicious consequence, than to prejudice the minds of the public against persons concerned as parties in causes, before the cause is finally heard . . . There are three different sorts of contempt.
Page 338 - The right of self-protection implies, as a consequence, a right to use the necessary means for rendering such self-protection effectual. Independently, therefore, of any precedents or recognized practice on the subject, such a body must a priori be armed with a competent authority to enforce the free and independent exercise of its own proper functions, whatever those functions might be.
Page 300 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 47 - House having resolved that he be impeached of " high misdemeanors in office" (Journal, 1, 21, pp. 565, 566), it Committee ap- was ordered " that Mr. and Mr. be appointed Senate. ° s ° ° a committee to go to the Senate, and at the bar thereof, in the name of the House of Representatives, and of all the people of the United States, to impeach James H. Peck, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Missouri, of high misdemeanors in office...
Page 12 - ... incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 56 - States articles of impeachment against . after which the articles shall be exhibited; and then the Presiding Officer of the Senate shall inform the managers that the Senate will take proper order on the subject of the impeachment, of which due notice shall be given to the House of Representatives.
Page 338 - Certain implied powers must necessarily result to our courts of justice from the nature of their institution. But jurisdiction of crimes against the state is not among those powers. To fine for contempt, imprison for contumacy, enforce the observance of order, etc., are powers which cannot be dispensed with in a court, because they are necessary to the exercise of all others...
Page 454 - It cannot have escaped the attention of the reader, that this method of making the defendant answer upon oath to a criminal charge, is not agreeable to the genius of the common law in any other instance...