Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Volume 10The Institute, 1920 |
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Page 21
... three times the small maximum allowed in peace times ) ; 11 per cent of the offenses received no penalty of imprisonment ; 67 per cent received a sentence of less than two years imprisonment ; and only 22 per cent received a penalty of ...
... three times the small maximum allowed in peace times ) ; 11 per cent of the offenses received no penalty of imprisonment ; 67 per cent received a sentence of less than two years imprisonment ; and only 22 per cent received a penalty of ...
Page 26
... three years for the first seven months of the war , and then rose steadily until it was reaching nine years in the fifteenth month of the war . I do not pretend to be able to interpret the significance of this gradual rise in the ...
... three years for the first seven months of the war , and then rose steadily until it was reaching nine years in the fifteenth month of the war . I do not pretend to be able to interpret the significance of this gradual rise in the ...
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... three months . Another 10,000 approximately , were in special courts , and those could not have ex- ceeded six months . Some 7,000 were in general courts , the only court authorized to impose a sentence of higher than six months . Now ...
... three months . Another 10,000 approximately , were in special courts , and those could not have ex- ceeded six months . Some 7,000 were in general courts , the only court authorized to impose a sentence of higher than six months . Now ...
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... three - quarters of the year 1918 had passed nearly four million men had been taken into the Army and were in process of training . This training was conducted under circumstances of urgent haste never before known in our history - for ...
... three - quarters of the year 1918 had passed nearly four million men had been taken into the Army and were in process of training . This training was conducted under circumstances of urgent haste never before known in our history - for ...
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... three classes of courts - martial - general , special , and summary . Their jurisdiction is the same , except that only a general court - martial may try a commissioned officer , or a capital offense . In practice , the summary courts ...
... three classes of courts - martial - general , special , and summary . Their jurisdiction is the same , except that only a general court - martial may try a commissioned officer , or a capital offense . In practice , the summary courts ...
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Page 135 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Page 281 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 51 - Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, for mailing or delivery, anything declared by this section to be nonmailable matter...
Page 51 - Every obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, pamphlet, picture, paper, letter, writing, print, or other publication of an indecent character...
Page 140 - ... signed in person by both husband and wife, provided that written assent of a spouse shall not be required when husband and wife have been living separate and apart for a period of at least five months prior to the making of such assignment, order, mortgage, or lien.
Page 52 - ... territory, or district of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, into any other state, territory or district of the United States or place noncontiguous to but subject to the jurisdiction thereof...
Page 191 - But to hold that such a characteristic is essential to due process of law, would be to deny every quality of the law but its age, and to render it incapable of progress or improvement.
Page 223 - A sentence of imprisonment in a state prison for any term less than for life suspends all the civil rights of the person so sentenced, and forfeits all public offices and all private trusts, authority, or power during such imprisonment.
Page 131 - Application for such license shall be in writing and shall contain the full name and address, both of the residence and place of business, of the applicant ; and if the applicant is a copartnership, of every member thereof; or if a corporation, of each officer thereof ; also the county and municipality, with street and number, if any, where the business is to be conducted.
Page 136 - In the opinion of the licensing official will enable the licensing official to determine whether the provisions of this Act are being observed. Every such licensee shall preserve the records of final entry used in such business, Including cards used in the card system, if any, for a period of at least two years after the making of any loan recorded therein.