The American Law Review, Volume 8Little, Brown, and Company, 1874 - Law |
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Page 38
... matter of mere pecuniary economy , to throw the whole sum into the sea than to give out the impression that the legal rights of citizens of the United States are not safe in the hands of their own government . If our own people are not ...
... matter of mere pecuniary economy , to throw the whole sum into the sea than to give out the impression that the legal rights of citizens of the United States are not safe in the hands of their own government . If our own people are not ...
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... matter in alleviation or that it was a less offence . " It was held that the jury could not find a verdict of murder in the first degree without affirmatively finding malice . So also in the same state in 1835 , where the jury found a ...
... matter in alleviation or that it was a less offence . " It was held that the jury could not find a verdict of murder in the first degree without affirmatively finding malice . So also in the same state in 1835 , where the jury found a ...
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... matter of excuse or extenuation lies on the accused ; and this may appear either from evidence adduced by the prosecution , or evidence offered by the defendant . . . . If the case , on the evidence , should be in equilibrio , the ...
... matter of excuse or extenuation lies on the accused ; and this may appear either from evidence adduced by the prosecution , or evidence offered by the defendant . . . . If the case , on the evidence , should be in equilibrio , the ...
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... matter was whether he killed him or not , and the malice pre- pense was but matter of form or the circumstance of the killing . And although the malice prepense . makes the manner more odious , yet it is nothing more than the manner of ...
... matter was whether he killed him or not , and the malice pre- pense was but matter of form or the circumstance of the killing . And although the malice prepense . makes the manner more odious , yet it is nothing more than the manner of ...
Page 67
... matter , that is the fact of the killing , as is said , but only touched the manner or circum- stance of the fact . In a trial on an indictment for murder there- fore , after these statutes , in which the prisoner might be acquitted of ...
... matter , that is the fact of the killing , as is said , but only touched the manner or circum- stance of the fact . In a trial on an indictment for murder there- fore , after these statutes , in which the prisoner might be acquitted of ...
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