 The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals ; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested...  The New-York Legal Observer - Page 66edited by - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1867 - 610 pages
...construction of penal statutes is thus stated by Chief Justice MARSHALL : " The rule that penal statutes are to be construed strictly is, perhaps, not much...It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the right of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 786 pages
...17 Mass. Mi. The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, observed Chief Justice Marshall, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself....principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1868 - 694 pages
...Mass. 362. The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, observed Chief Justice Marshall, is perhaps not much less old than' construction itself....principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define... | |
 | United States. Department of State - Alabama claims - 1870 - 748 pages
...trouble your lordships. He is citing a statute respecting manslaughter upon the high seas, and he says: "The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly...principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, and not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to... | |
 | United States. Department of State - Alabama claims - 1870 - 748 pages
...lordships. He is citing a statute respecting manslaughter upon the high seas, and he says: "The rnle that penal laws are to be construed strictly is, perhaps,...principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative and not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1870 - 764 pages
...trouble your lordships. Не is citing a statute respecting manslaughter upon the high seas, and ho says: "The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly is. perhaps, not much less old than couetructiou itself. It i» founded ou the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1874 - 700 pages
...Mass. 362. The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, observed Chief Justice Marshall, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself....principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1250 pages
...the act, and then only in a plain case. Summing up the law concisely, the learned chief justice said: "The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly,...old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderuess of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1038 pages
...of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in United States v. Wiltbergcr, 5 Wheat. 76, 5 L. Ed. 37, as follows : "The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly...principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, and not in the judicial, department. It is the Legislature, not the court, which is to... | |
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