 No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in cases where there is strong presumption of fraud.  A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure - Page 22by Thomas Welburn Hughes - 1919 - 764 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by lawi That SEeT. 18. That no ex ftos/ facto law, nor any law impairing contracts, shall be made.... | |
 | Illinois - Constitutional law - 1818 - 32 pages
...offence, the true design of all punishments being to reform, not to exterminate, mankind. Sect. 15. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon...law, or in cases where there is Strong presumption of fraud. Sect 16. No ex fast facto law, nor any law impairing the validity of contracts shall ever be... | |
 | Charles Britten Johnson - Pennsylvania - 1819 - 190 pages
...where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. SECT. XVII. That no ex post facto law, nor any law impairing contracts, shall be made. SECT.... | |
 | Rhode Island - Session laws - 1822 - 592 pages
...when there is not strong presumption 01 fraud, ought not to be continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. SEC. 8. Retrospective laws punishing offences committed before the existence of such laws,... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 538 pages
...debtor where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. "1 8th. That no ex post facto law, nor any. law impairing contracts shall be made. "19th. That... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1825 - 400 pages
...there is not a strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up all his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Section XVI. That no wpost facto law, or law impairing contracts, shall be made. Section XVII.... | |
 | Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - Law - 1833 - 630 pages
...is not strong presump- Con. AI«. lion of fraud, shall not be detained in prison, after delivering up his ££ \$. estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be pre- 1^"™"> scribed by law. charged. §2. For the relief of insolvent debtors, who shall be taken... | |
 | Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - Law - 1833 - 664 pages
...presump-con. AI«. ion of fraud, shall not be detained in prison, after delivering up his %£;\¿. state for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be pre- Debtors, •ii . . à when di.4'Cnbed by law. charged. •'.2. For the relief of insolvent debtors,... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1834 - 276 pages
...right to instruct their representatives. In prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon...shall be prescribed by law, or in cases where there is a strong presumption of fraud. There is a county court, composed of three commissioners, elected every... | |
 | Kentucky, Charles Slaughter Morehead, Mason Brown - Law - 1834 - 810 pages
...debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. SECTION 18. That no ex post facto law, («) nor any law impairing contracts, shall be made.... | |
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