American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting Criminal Trials which Have Taken Place in the United States, from the Beginning of Our Government to the Present Day : with Notes and Annotations, Band 6John Davison Lawson Thomas Law Books, 1916 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Andalusia appeared Arnold arsenic asked believe Benedict Arnold blood body Boorn called Carawan cause Chapman character charge Charlestown cholera morbus circumstances citizens Colonel Colvin committed Commonwealth confession Congress conviction counsel Court crime Cross-examined death defendant door doubt duty engine house eral evidence examination fact feel fire gentlemen George W guilty hand Hannah Downes Harper's Ferry heard honor hour husband Hyde County indictment innocent Jesse John André John Brown Judge jury justice killed knew Lassiter letter Lino Lucretia Major André ment Mina Mina's morning murder negro never night o'clock odor officer oner opinion Pennsylvania person Philadelphia present pris prisoner prisoner's prosecution proved reason recollect Rose Bay sent Shields Green shot slaves Smith soup Stephen stomach symptoms taken tell testimony tion told took trial Twitchell verdict Virginia wagon Washington wife William witness
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 842 - For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods. And his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Seite 377 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Seite 37 - All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, s'hall be deemed murder of the first degree, and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder of -the second degree...
Seite 678 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person, who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government: and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Seite 799 - I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have received on my trial. Considering all the circumstances, it has been more generous than I expected. But I feel no consciousness of guilt.
Seite 678 - But, to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published, shall, on a fair and impartial trial, be adjudged of a pernicious tendency, is necessary for the preservation of peace and good order, of government and religion, the only solid foundations of civil liberty.
Seite 842 - Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Seite 313 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Seite 799 - I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case — had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the socalled great, or in behalf of any of their friends, either father...
Seite vi - Fourthly, all presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously; for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.