Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 5Virginia State Bar Association, 1892 - Bar associations |
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Page 152
... offense of which the punishment was out of all proportion to the crime ; but when the law was changed and secondary punishments were substituted for the penalty of death , a forger stood no better chance of acquittal than any other ...
... offense of which the punishment was out of all proportion to the crime ; but when the law was changed and secondary punishments were substituted for the penalty of death , a forger stood no better chance of acquittal than any other ...
Page 153
... offenses , and then to adjust so wisely the penalty to each as to correct and reform the criminal and take away " the sweets of the crime by the bitter- ness of the punishment . " Thus will they create in the citizen a sense of security ...
... offenses , and then to adjust so wisely the penalty to each as to correct and reform the criminal and take away " the sweets of the crime by the bitter- ness of the punishment . " Thus will they create in the citizen a sense of security ...
Page 157
... Offenses against the Election Laws , ' " 1 and the other on " Offenses con- cerning Highways ; Obstructions in Water ... offense alleged against him , although he may have fled from his country and from trial . The proceeding , with its ...
... Offenses against the Election Laws , ' " 1 and the other on " Offenses con- cerning Highways ; Obstructions in Water ... offense alleged against him , although he may have fled from his country and from trial . The proceeding , with its ...
Page 158
... offense for which he was indicted , with the power to discharge him from the indictment , the accused sometimes escaped trial by a jury altogether and the punishment justly due his offense . The court was annoyed ; justice offended ...
... offense for which he was indicted , with the power to discharge him from the indictment , the accused sometimes escaped trial by a jury altogether and the punishment justly due his offense . The court was annoyed ; justice offended ...
Page 160
... offenses as are pun- ishable by death or confinement in the penitentiary . Some offenses are made punishable by confinement in the penitentiary , or by confinement in jail and by fine ; but under the said defini- tion , they are ...
... offenses as are pun- ishable by death or confinement in the penitentiary . Some offenses are made punishable by confinement in the penitentiary , or by confinement in jail and by fine ; but under the said defini- tion , they are ...
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