 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code, David Dudley Field - Criminal law - 1864 - 358 pages
...of the common law that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application p'enai'code. to this Code. All its provisions are to be construed...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. or sections g H- The several sections of this Code which crimes"8 declare certain crimes to be punishable... | |
 | California, California. Commission to Revise the Laws of California - California - 1871 - 894 pages
...four preceding sections. HowOodeis SEC. 3554. AH its provisions are to be construed ac'""*' cording to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is very difficult to properly clothe the ideas sought to bo expressed in the five preceding... | |
 | California - Criminal law - 1872 - 698 pages
...1'cnui Code are to |je strictly construed, has no application to this t <ffru • v*«<W'«5/**7j0rie- All its provisions are to be construed according *"*...view to effect . its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is a rule of law that penal statutes are to be strictly construed. — 1 Bl. Com., p.... | |
 | California - Criminal law - 1874 - 712 pages
...Commentaries, Sec. 533. tton'ofThe ^' ^'IC ru^e °^ *^e commou law> tna' penal statutes Penal Code &Te jo |je strictly construed, has no application to this Code....view to effect its objects and to promote justice. NOTE. — It is a rule of law that penal statutes are to bo strictly construed. — 1 Bl. Com., p.... | |
 | Bankruptcy - 1874 - 802 pages
...act must be construed — as indeed should all public acts — " according to the fair import of its terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice" The petitioner is entitled tc judgment declaring the respondent a bankrupt, on the ground of having... | |
 | California, Theodore Henry Hittell - Law - 1876 - 986 pages
...of it is retroactive, unless expressly so declared. 13.004. Construction of the Penal Code. SEC. 4. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 13.005. Proi'iifiojis similar to existing laws, how construed. SEC. 5. The provisions of this code,... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 678 pages
...them was commenced before that act went into effect. Sec. 4 of the act (CL § 1834) declares that: " The rule of the common law that penal statutes are...fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its object and to promote justice." "Without the aid of this section we could not give the construction... | |
 | California - California - 1879 - 308 pages
...retroactive. , . declared. construe- SEC. 4. The rule of the common law, that penal statutes peuai code, are to be strictly construed, has no application to...view to effect its objects and to promote justice. provisions SEC. 5. The provisions of this Code, so far as they are exiting substantially the same as... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 716 pages
...the Penal Code, which is in these words: "The rulo of the common law that penal statutes are to (iis) be strictly construed, has no application to this...view to effect its objects and to promote justice." The particular purpose intended to be accomplished by section six was to steer clear of any difficulty... | |
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The rule of the common law, that penal statutes are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. All its provisions are to be construed according to the fair import of their terms, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice. 
