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" The right of trial by jury, as heretofore enjoyed, shall remain inviolate; but the trial of civil cases before justices of the peace by a jury of less than twelve men, may be authorized by law. "
Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations - Page 457
by John Forrest Dillon - 1890 - 1516 pages
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 22

Law - 1886 - 642 pages
...legislation by the inconvenient process of trial by jury, although we may have a constitution which isay> that "the right of trial by jury, as heretofore enjoyed, shall remain inviolate." Instead of this we are to have citations for contempt, with interrogatories which the respondent must...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 99

Law - 1926 - 434 pages
...Testimony may tend in many instances to prove a given issue that falls far short of convincing proof. "'The right of trial by jury, as heretofore enjoyed, shall remain inviolate.' Section 28, art 2. Constitution. "On the evidence adduced, we think the plaintiff was entitled to have...
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The Municipal Court of Chicago

Hiram Thornton Gilbert - Court rules - 1928 - 640 pages
...tend to result in more intelligent verdicts by jurymen. But, as already pointed out, the Constitution of 1870 provides that "the right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate." As theretofore enjoyed the right of trial by jury in a criminal case was a right to a trial by jurors...
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Report

Rhode Island. Judicial Council - Judicial councils - 1928 - 474 pages
...defend in person and by counsel * * * and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury". Art. II. Sec. 5 "The right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed, shall remain inviolate". STATUTE. Kurd's Rev. Stats. (1925) Oh. 38, Sec. 732 "if the party persist in pleading guilty * * *...
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The Chicago Bar Association Record, Volume 12

Bar associations - 1928 - 500 pages
...challenge any prospective juror for an> cause or peremptorily." Section 5 of article 2 of our constitution provides that "The right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate." In section 9 of article 2 of the constitution it is provided: "In all criminal prosecutions the accused...
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The Northeastern Reporter, Volume 157

Law - 1927 - 960 pages
...liberty without due process of law, in violation of section 5 of article 2 of the Constitution, which provides that the right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain Inviolate. When authorized by statute, the right of trial by jury under an information for a misdemeanor may be...
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Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1917 - 690 pages
...petit jury. It occurs to me that perhaps there ought to be quite a radical change in the provision that "the right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate." There is considerable demand and sentiment among lawyers, as well as better informed laymen, for a...
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Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar Association

Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 762 pages
...SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the Gineral Assembly: The right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate, and all trials for criminal offenses shall be conducted according to the course of the common law,...
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Illinois Law Review, Volume 17

Law - 1923 - 894 pages
...become clear upon slight reflection. Article 2, section 5, of the Illinois Constitution of 1870 reads: "The right of trial by jury as heretofore enjoyed shall remain inviolate." If there ever was a declaration of public policy in a constitutional provision here is one. And yet...
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The Texas Criminal Reports: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the ..., Volume 76

Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals - Criminal law - 1916 - 792 pages
...provided for trial by a jury of six. Upon this question the court said : "The constitutional provision that 'the right of trial by jury, as heretofore enjoyed, shall remain inviolate' does not apply. This is not a proceeding according to the course of the common law in which the right...
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