The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, Volumes 61-62Weed, Parsons, 1900 |
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... prisoner dictated by him to a shorthand writer . and by him written in longhand shortly after the interview took place , I have no doubt that I rightly admitted the evidence , and I must decline to state a case . The determining point ...
... prisoner dictated by him to a shorthand writer . and by him written in longhand shortly after the interview took place , I have no doubt that I rightly admitted the evidence , and I must decline to state a case . The determining point ...
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... prisoner , sat a poorly , nay , if I must say it , a shabbily dressed young man , whom I took to be a friend of the accused . For a long time I did not see his face . It was turned toward the witness stand , whose occupants he watched ...
... prisoner , sat a poorly , nay , if I must say it , a shabbily dressed young man , whom I took to be a friend of the accused . For a long time I did not see his face . It was turned toward the witness stand , whose occupants he watched ...
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... prisoner wouldn't you vote to convict ? " " No. " " Why ? " " Judge , can I whisper to you ? " " Yes . " There was a three - minute conversation between the judge and the juror , at the conclusion of which the judge smiled and then he ...
... prisoner wouldn't you vote to convict ? " " No. " " Why ? " " Judge , can I whisper to you ? " " Yes . " There was a three - minute conversation between the judge and the juror , at the conclusion of which the judge smiled and then he ...
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... prisoner to go on the stand and testify in his own be- half . In the case referred to , the accused was under the necessity of explaining to the jury , if she could , how the child which was last seen alive in her company , could have ...
... prisoner to go on the stand and testify in his own be- half . In the case referred to , the accused was under the necessity of explaining to the jury , if she could , how the child which was last seen alive in her company , could have ...
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... prisoner , after his arrest , sent for young Proctor and engaged him to defend him . The attorney's first move was to demand an ex- amination before a magistrate , which he obtained , Boughton testifying that Saxbury had induced him to ...
... prisoner , after his arrest , sent for young Proctor and engaged him to defend him . The attorney's first move was to demand an ex- amination before a magistrate , which he obtained , Boughton testifying that Saxbury had induced him to ...
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Page 49 - Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks: Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce it.
Page 216 - I will be master of what is mine own : She is my goods, my chattels ; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing...
Page 214 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 248 - But lest it should be said that no such privileges and immunities are to be found, if those we have been considering are excluded, we venture to suggest some which owe their existence to the federal government, its national character, its constitution, or its laws.
Page 10 - The distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits, heretofore existing, are abolished; and there shall be in this state, hereafter, but one form of action, for the enforcement or protection of private rights and the redress of private wrongs, which shall be denominated a civil action.
Page 58 - Association is formed to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, and to cherish a spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.
Page 69 - ... one person being in fault will not dispense with another's using ordinary care for himself Two things must concur to support this action. An obstruction in the road by the fault of the defendant, and no want of ordinary care to avoid it on the part of the plaintiff.
Page 294 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors, of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof,- or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page 357 - ... the jury may give such damages as they shall deem a fair and just compensation, with reference to the pecuniary injuries resulting from such death, to the wife and next of kin of such deceased person...
Page 294 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...