 | Elijah Nathaniel Zoline - 1921 - 650 halaman
...individuals ; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature,...which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment. . . . The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases... | |
 | John Wurts, Edward Franklin White - 1921 - 886 halaman
...relation to the subject and object of the article. Marasso v. Van Pelt, 77 Fla. 432, 81 So. 529. (1920). It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment. Bradley v. State, — Fla. — , 84 So. 677. (1921). The court will not intertere with the administration... | |
 | United States. Navy. Office of the Judge Advocate General - 1921 - 686 halaman
...90. Same—" But though penal laws arc to be construed strictly, yet the intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes, and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature."... | |
 | Missouri. Supreme Court - 1921 - 884 halaman
...legislative intent. "But though penal laws are to be construed strictly, yet the intention of the Legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes, and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature."... | |
 | Hascal Russel Brill - 1922 - 1090 halaman
...of individuals, and on the main principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial, department. It is the legislature,...is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment." Per Chief Justice Marshall, in United States v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat. (US) 76, 5 L. Ed. 37. 19 Alaska.... | |
 | 1892 - 996 halaman
...individuals, and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial, department. It is the legislature,...the construction of penal as well as other statutes. This is true, but this is not a new, independent rule which subverts the old. It is a modification... | |
 | 1908 - 1060 halaman
...settled that, though penal laws nre to be construed strictly, yet the Intention of the Legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes ; and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious Intention of the Legislature.... | |
 | 1910 - 1050 halaman
...strictly construed and not extended beyond their plain meaning, yet the intention of the Legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes, and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature.... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1927 - 936 halaman
...settled that " though penal laws are to be construed strictly, yet the intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes; and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature."... | |
 | 1907 - 538 halaman
...is settled that though penal laws are to be construed strictly, yet the intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes; and they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature."... | |
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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 in... 
