Pacific Coast Law Journal: Containing All the Decisions of the Supreme Court of California, and the Important Decisions of the U.S. Circuit and U.S. District Courts for the District of California, and of the U.S. Supreme Court and Higher Courts of Other States, Volume 6W.T. Baggett and Company, 1881 |
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... jury the following instruction , at the request of the defendants , to - wit : " If the jury believe that defendants entered upon the mines peaceably and in good faith , believing that they were open to re - location , then the entry ...
... jury the following instruction , at the request of the defendants , to - wit : " If the jury believe that defendants entered upon the mines peaceably and in good faith , believing that they were open to re - location , then the entry ...
Page 65
... jury . After consultation the jury came into Court , and the foreman handed to the clerk a scrap of paper on which was written these words : We , the jury , find the defend- ant guilty as indicted , to the sum of $ 90 . ( Signed ...
... jury . After consultation the jury came into Court , and the foreman handed to the clerk a scrap of paper on which was written these words : We , the jury , find the defend- ant guilty as indicted , to the sum of $ 90 . ( Signed ...
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... jury again sent out ; but if no disagreement is expressed , the verdict is complete , and the jury must be discharged from the case . " Unless we mistake the import of this provision , a verdict in such a case as this does not become ...
... jury again sent out ; but if no disagreement is expressed , the verdict is complete , and the jury must be discharged from the case . " Unless we mistake the import of this provision , a verdict in such a case as this does not become ...
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... jury thus : " Gentlemen ! you may hang the ocean on a grape vine to dry , lasso an avalanche , pin a napkin to the mouth of a volcano , skim the clouds from the sky with a teaspoon , throw salt on the tail of our noble American eagle ...
... jury thus : " Gentlemen ! you may hang the ocean on a grape vine to dry , lasso an avalanche , pin a napkin to the mouth of a volcano , skim the clouds from the sky with a teaspoon , throw salt on the tail of our noble American eagle ...
Page 167
... jury that if the defendant was in possession of property stolen shortly after it had been stolen , this was a circumstance tending to show his guilt , which it was for the defendant to explain away . But if , as the jury were instructed ...
... jury that if the defendant was in possession of property stolen shortly after it had been stolen , this was a circumstance tending to show his guilt , which it was for the defendant to explain away . But if , as the jury were instructed ...
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Page 214 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say : Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables; For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors...
Page 530 - The writ of prohibition is the counterpart of the writ of mandate. It arrests the proceedings of any tribunal, corporation, Board, or person, when such proceedings are without or in excess of the jurisdiction of such tribunal, corporation, Board, or person.
Page 339 - The Legislature, by general and uniform laws, shall provide for the election or appointment, in the several counties, of Boards of Supervisors, Sheriffs, County Clerks, District Attorneys, and such other county, township, and municipal officers as public convenience may require, and shall prescribe their duties, and fix their terms of office.
Page 413 - ... 1. The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true ; "2.
Page 495 - In view of the adjudications these principles must be regarded as settled : " 1. A railroad corporation is a person within the meaning of the fourteenth amendment declaring that no state shall deprive any person of property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Page 550 - This provision of the Act of 1836 was in turn superseded by § 53 of the Act of July 8th, 1870, c. 230, 16 Stat. 205, which provided, " that whenever any patent is inoperative or invalid, by reason of a defective or insufficient specification, or by reason of the patentee claiming as his own invention or discovery more than he had a right to claim as new...
Page 324 - After hearing the appeal, the court must give judgment without regard to technical errors or defects, or to exceptions, which do not affect the substantial rights of the parties.
Page 455 - ... will appear and answer the indictment above mentioned, in whatever court it may be prosecuted, and will at all times render himself amenable to the orders and process of the court...
Page 360 - ... to equalize the valuation of the taxable property in the several counties of the State for the purposes of taxation. The Controller of State shall be ex officio a member of the Board. The Boards of Supervisors of the several counties of the State shall constitute Boards of Equalization for their respective counties, whose duty it shall be to equalize the valuation of the taxable property in the county for the purpose of taxation...
Page 400 - ... the judgment ; 5. In the cases when a corporation has been dissolved, or is insolvent, or in imminent danger of insolvency, or has forfeited its corporate rights; 6. In all other cases where receivers have heretofore been appointed by the usages of courts of equity.