Report of the Trial by Impeachment of James Prescott, Judge of the Probate of Wills, &c. for the County of Middlesex for Misconduct and Maladministration in Office, Before the Senate of Massachusetts in the Year 1821: With an Appendix, Containing an Account of Former Impeachments in the Same StateOffice of the Daily Advertiser, 1821 - 225 halaman |
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... justice . You the said 9. Counsel for the party impeached shall be admitted to appear and be heard upon the trial . ticles of impeachment , and then and there to abide by , obey and perform such orders and judgments as the Senate of ...
... justice . You the said 9. Counsel for the party impeached shall be admitted to appear and be heard upon the trial . ticles of impeachment , and then and there to abide by , obey and perform such orders and judgments as the Senate of ...
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... justice . You the said 2 are therefore summoned , to be , and appear before the Senate of this Com- monwealth at their Chamber in Boston , on the then and there to answer to the said ar- day of ticles of impeachment , and then and there ...
... justice . You the said 2 are therefore summoned , to be , and appear before the Senate of this Com- monwealth at their Chamber in Boston , on the then and there to answer to the said ar- day of ticles of impeachment , and then and there ...
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... justice , to the gentleman at the bar , as well as to the Common- wealth . It was not the wish of the Managers to press forward the trial to the inconvenience of the accused , and they were desirous that all reasonable time should be ...
... justice , to the gentleman at the bar , as well as to the Common- wealth . It was not the wish of the Managers to press forward the trial to the inconvenience of the accused , and they were desirous that all reasonable time should be ...
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... justice . With regard to the fourteen other Articles it would be necessary for the Respondent to send to vari- ous and distant parts of the County of Middlesex , ( in which County the acts complained of are al- leged to have been ...
... justice . With regard to the fourteen other Articles it would be necessary for the Respondent to send to vari- ous and distant parts of the County of Middlesex , ( in which County the acts complained of are al- leged to have been ...
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... justice , but that they should also guard against the appearance of precipitation or unfair- ness in relation to the Respondent . He therefore moved the following order , viz : Ordered , That instead of the time heretofore as- signed ...
... justice , but that they should also guard against the appearance of precipitation or unfair- ness in relation to the Respondent . He therefore moved the following order , viz : Ordered , That instead of the time heretofore as- signed ...
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Halaman 117 - The senate shall be a court with full authority to hear and determine all impeachments made by the house of representatives, against any officer or officers of the commonwealth, for misconduct and mal-administration in their offices.
Halaman 139 - The judges of probate of wills, and for granting letters of administration, shall hold their courts at such place or places, on fixed days, as the convenience of the people shall require; and the legislature shall, from time to time, hereafter, appoint such times and places...
Halaman 119 - This trial, though it varies in external ceremony, yet differs not in essentials from criminal prosecutions before inferior courts. The same rules of evidence, the same legal notions of crimes and punishments, prevail. For impeachments are not framed to alter the law, but to carry it into more effectual execution against too powerful delinquents.
Halaman 122 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or repealed by the Legislature ; such parts only excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this Constitution.
Halaman 129 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.
Halaman 186 - The respondent is now brought, a single, unprotected individual, to this formidable bar of judgment, to stand against the power and authority of the State. I know you can crush him, as he stands before you, and clothed as you are with the sovereignty of the State. You have the power " to change his countenance and to send him away.
Halaman 134 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Halaman 118 - But an impeachment before the lords by the commons of Great Britain, in parliament, is a prosecution of the already known and established law, and has been frequently put in practice; being a presentment to the most high and supreme court of criminal jurisdiction by the most solemn grand inquest of the whole kingdom.
Halaman 132 - No subject shall be held to answer for any crime or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described to him; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself.
Halaman 19 - ... and in whichsoever way you perform the service, let it be done at least days before the appearance day mentioned in the said writ of summons.