| Law - 1926 - 1024 pages
...obtaining witnesses in his favor; and, in prosecutions by indictment or presentment, a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense shall have been committed, and shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself; nor shall he... | |
| Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1884 - 190 pages
...matters of law and evidence embraced in the case. Our constitution provides, that "no person shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to give evidence...against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offence." But, by act of our legislature, defendants in criminal cases are made competent witnesses... | |
| Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 762 pages
...and to have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in "his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the "county or district, in which the offense is alleged to have been com " mil ted." What we aim at is not only a better system of criminal jurisprudence, but... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 790 pages
...offense on appeal or otherwise. Section 10, article 2 of our constitution provides : " No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to give evidence...against himself, or be twice put in jeopardy for the same offense." Section 14 of the fish law of 1885 and 1887 provides: " That any defendant who may be... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 738 pages
...that "in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to * * * a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed," a prosecution may now be had in the county in which the offense is alleged in... | |
| Wyoming. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 596 pages
...is not in violation of Section 10 of the Bill of Rights securing to an accused the right to a "trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed." jo. Neither is the statute in conflict with that section of the constitution... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1927 - 1680 pages
...prescribes that in all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed. Section 16, article 3. "One of the dearest rights guaranteed by our free Constitution... | |
| Law - 1910 - 482 pages
...Declaration of Rights, the accused, in all prosecutions by indictment, has a right to 'a speedy public trial, by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense was committed.' The constitutional provision contemplates legislative enactments, and may be regarded... | |
| South Dakota. Supreme Court - Court rules - 1906 - 760 pages
...declares that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed." In re Nelson, 214. 4. A person engaged in fitting glasses to the eye prefixed... | |
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