The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 7Freeman & Bolles, 1832 |
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... evidence the confession of the party , the oath of one or more credible witnesses , or such testimony of negroes or mulattoes , bond or free , with pregnant circumstances , as to them shall seem convincing . " On any con- viction for a ...
... evidence the confession of the party , the oath of one or more credible witnesses , or such testimony of negroes or mulattoes , bond or free , with pregnant circumstances , as to them shall seem convincing . " On any con- viction for a ...
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... evidence of fraud , so as to avoid the sale as to creditors ; but was one of the circum- stances which was proper to be submitted to the jury , as tending to prove the sale fraudulent as to such creditors ; and that if , upon ...
... evidence of fraud , so as to avoid the sale as to creditors ; but was one of the circum- stances which was proper to be submitted to the jury , as tending to prove the sale fraudulent as to such creditors ; and that if , upon ...
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... evidence of the strongest kind , it is not conclusive . The vendee may , notwithstanding , upon proof that the sale was bona fide , and for a valuable consideration , and that the possession of the vender , after such sale , was in ...
... evidence of the strongest kind , it is not conclusive . The vendee may , notwithstanding , upon proof that the sale was bona fide , and for a valuable consideration , and that the possession of the vender , after such sale , was in ...
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... evidence of a delivery would be sufficient ; as is proved by the principle adopted of a symbolical delivery ; and whether there is a formal delivery or not , if the vendee obtains possession by consent of the vender , before any ...
... evidence of a delivery would be sufficient ; as is proved by the principle adopted of a symbolical delivery ; and whether there is a formal delivery or not , if the vendee obtains possession by consent of the vender , before any ...
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... evidence of a fraudulent intention to make the sale void ; nor that any other circumstance shall be sufficient ; nor what shall be evidence at all . But it does contain an express provision , excepting from its operation con- veyances ...
... evidence of a fraudulent intention to make the sale void ; nor that any other circumstance shall be sufficient ; nor what shall be evidence at all . But it does contain an express provision , excepting from its operation con- veyances ...
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Página 119 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not therefore to be considered the law of the land.
Página 127 - True it is, that Providence hath so ordained, and doth so govern things, that those who break the great law of Heaven by shedding man's blood seldom succeed in avoiding discovery. Especially, in a case exciting so much attention as this, discovery must...
Página 128 - A thousand eyes turn at once to explore every man, every thing, every circumstance, connected with the time and place; a thousand ears catch every whisper ; a thousand excited minds intensely dwell on the scene, shedding all their light, and ready to kindle the slightest circumstance into a blaze of discovery. Meantime the guilty soul cannot keep its own secret. It is false to itself; or rather it feels an irresistible impulse of conscience to be true to itself.
Página 109 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction.
Página 148 - But when a party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident or inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Página 127 - It is accomplished. The deed is done. He retreats, retraces his steps to the window, passes out through it as he came in, and escapes.
Página 126 - In some respects it has hardly a precedent anywhere; certainly none in our New England history. This bloody drama exhibited no suddenly excited, ungovernable rage. The actors in it were not surprised by any lionlike temptation springing upon their virtue and overcoming it before resistance could begin. Nor did they do the deed to glut savage vengeance, or satiate long-settled and deadly hate. It was a cool, calculating, money-making murder. It was all "hire and salary, not revenge.
Página 107 - ... out to sustain the nullifying act. They will march, sir, under a very gallant leader : for I believe the honorable member himself commands the militia of that part of the state. He will raise the NULLIFYING ACT on his standard, and spread it out as his banner! It will have a preamble...
Página 106 - I wish to be informed how this State interference is to be put in practice without violence, bloodshed, and rebellion. "We will take the existing case of the tariff law. South Carolina is said to have made up her opinion upon it.
Página 146 - A felonious taking of money or goods, to any value, from the person of another or in his presence, against his will, by violence or putting him in fear.