Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression... The Central Law Journal - Page 3481882Full view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 672 pages
...parlance, to'be twice punished for the same ortence. Eve'ry citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a "State or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States,... | |
| Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1858 - 1012 pages
...topic now under discussion. Said Grier, J. : " Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a State or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and maybe liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence... | |
| Henry Lee Scott - History - 1861 - 674 pages
...parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a State or Territory. He may be said to owe allegiance...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus an assault upon the marshal of the United States... | |
| Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - Law reports, digests, etc - 1862 - 466 pages
...parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a State or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States,... | |
| Peter Hardeman Burnett - United States - 1863 - 142 pages
...opinion of the Court, among other things, said : " Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a State or Territory. He may be said to owe allegiance...infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence or transgression of the laws of both That either or both may (if they see fit) punish such... | |
| Law - 1868 - 894 pages
...parlance, to be twice punished for the same offence. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance...two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for the infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offence [under], or transgression of,... | |
| Law - 1894 - 922 pages
...parlance, to be twice punished for the same offense. Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a State or Territory. He may be said to owe allegiance...be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States, and hindering him In the execution of legal... | |
| Law - 1888 - 556 pages
...retaking his slave, it does not follow that he would be twice punished for the same offense. * * * The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both (State and United States)," for which, as afterward said, the offender is justly punishable. And it... | |
| United States. Congress - Electronic journals - 1871 - 708 pages
...citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a State or Territory. He may be said to owe aljegianco to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same net may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal" —... | |
| Electronic journals - 1872 - 854 pages
...parlance, to be twice punished for the same offense. Every citizen of the -United States is also a citizen of a State or Territory. He may be said to owe allegiance...be an offense or transgression of the laws of both. Thus, an assault upon the marshal of the United States, and hindering him in the execution of legal... | |
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