 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1824 - 952 pages
...chances of life, in favour of the prisoner. But, after all, they have the right to order the discharge ; and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the Judges, under their oaths of office. We are aware that there is some diversity of opinion and practice on this subject,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1847 - 724 pages
...chances of life, in favor of the prisoner; but after all, they have the right to order the discharge, and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the judges, under their oaths of office." Wherefore it is ordered that this case be remanded, that a venire de novo be awarded,... | |
 | Asa Kinne - Courts - 1852 - 328 pages
...chances of life, in favor of the prisoner ; but after all, they have the right to order the discharge, and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the judges, under their oaths of office." Wherefore it is ordered that this case be remanded, that a venire de novo be awarded,... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Franklin Fiske Heard - Criminal law - 1857 - 642 pages
...chances of life, in favor of the prisoner. But, after all, they have the right to order the discharge ; and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the judges, under their oaths of office. We are aware that there is some diversity of opinion and practice on this subject,... | |
 | Law - 1892 - 582 pages
...they have the right to order the discharge ; and the security which the public have for the faithfnl, sound and conscientious exercise of this discretion...as in other cases, upon the responsibility of the jndges, under their oaths of office.' United States v. Perez, 9 Wheat. 579. A recent decision of the... | |
 | Criminal law - 1872 - 954 pages
...chances of life in favor of the prisoner. But, after all, they have the right to order the discharge ; and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the judges under their oaths of office." United States v. Perez, 9 Wheat. 579. As to the objection that the party is protected... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Criminal law - 1874 - 834 pages
...chances of life, in favor of the prisoner. But after' all, they have the right to order the discharge ; and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the judges, under their oaths of office. We are aware that there is some diversity of opinion and practice on this subject,... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Homicide - 1875 - 848 pages
...chances of life, in favor of the prisoner. But after all, they hare the right to order the discharge ; and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the judges, under their oaths of office. We are aware that there is some diversity of opinion and practice on this subject... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 884 pages
...court had the right to order the discharge of the jury; and the security whicli the public have for a faithful, sound and conscientious exercise of this...this, as in other cases upon the responsibility of the judge, under his oath of office. And it is held by all the Federal courts, and the courts of Massachusetts,... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Criminal procedure - 1880 - 904 pages
...chances of life, in favor of the prisoner. But after all they have the right to order the discharge ; and the security which the public have for the faithful,...upon the responsibility of the judges, under their oaths of office. We are aware that there is some diversity of opinion and practice on this subject... | |
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In capital cases especially courts should be extremely careful how they Interfere with any of the chances of life, In favor of the prisoner. But, after all, they have the right to order the discharge; and the security which the public have for the faithful,... 
