To Enlarge the Powers of United States Commissioners and to Amend Title 2 of the National Prohibition Act: Hearings Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Seventy-first Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 1809, H.R. 3139, H.R. 8579, H.R. 8756, H.R. 8913, H.R. 8914 : Serial 2, January 24, 1930, February 6 and 7, 1930U.S. Government Printing Office, 1930 - 94 halaman |
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Halaman 83 - No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public highway at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the traffic and use of the highway, or so as to endanger the life or limb of any person...
Halaman 2 - ... sentence shall have the same force and effect in all respects as if the same had been entered and pronounced upon the verdict of a jury.
Halaman 66 - And however convenient these may appear at first, (as doubtless all arbitrary powers, well executed, are the most convenient,) yet let it be again remembered, that delays, and little inconveniences in the forms of justice, are the price that all free nations must pay for their liberty in more substantial matters...
Halaman 85 - crime," in its more extended sense, comprehends every violation of public law; in a limited sense, it embraces offenses of a serious or atrocious character. In our opinion, the provision is to be interpreted in the light of the principles which, at common law, determined whether the accused, in a given class of cases, was entitled to be tried by a jury. It is not to be construed as relating only to felonies, or offenses punishable by confinement in the penitentiary.
Halaman 85 - ... from a mere fine to death. This very statute furnishes an illustration. By one clause the knowingly selling of adulterated butter in any other than the prescribed form subjects the party convicted thereof to a fine of not more than $1,000 and imprisonment for not more than two years. An officer of customs, violating certain provisions of the act, is declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, and imprisonment for not less than six months...
Halaman 83 - ... $500, and shall be fined not less than $100, nor more than $1,000, and imprisoned for not less than one month, nor more than two years, (b) TRANSFEB OF DUTIES.
Halaman 2 - ... jury. In all cases where the accused would not by force of the Constitution of the United States be entitled to a trial by jury...
Halaman 86 - ... inconveniences in the forms of justice, are the price that all free nations must pay for their liberty in more substantial matters ; that these inroads upon this sacred bulwark of the nation are fundamentally opposite to the spirit of our constitution ; and that, though begun in trifles, the precedent may gradually increase and spread, to the utter disuse of juries in questions of the most momentous concern.
Halaman 83 - ... (b) No individual shall operate a motor vehicle over any public highway in the District (1) recklessly ; or (2) at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the width of the public highway, the use thereof, and the traffic thereon; or (3) so as to endanger any property or Individual; or (4) so as unnecessarily or unreasonably to damage the public highway.
Halaman 66 - ... (as doubtless all arbitrary powers, well executed, are the most convenient), yet let it be again remembered that delays and little inconveniences in the forms of justice, are the price that all free Nations must pay for their liberty in more substantial matters; that these inroads upon the sacred bulwark of the Nation are fundamentally opposite to the spirit of our Constitution; and that, though begun in trifles, the precedent may gradually increase and spread to the utter disuse of jurors in...