 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of the words, especially in penal acts, in search of an intention which the words themselves...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize the court to say so. It would be dangerous indeed to carry the principle that a case that... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 774 pages
...one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous, indeed, to carry the principle that a case which is... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - Criminal law - 1858 - 1012 pages
...depriving him of his liberty,5 are to be construed strictly. And the degree of strictness will depend an intention which the words themselves did not suggest....within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous indeed to carry the principle, that a case which is within... | |
 | Richard Peters - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 792 pages
...obviously used them, would comprehend. United Stales v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat. 76; 4 Cond. Rep. 593. 15. To determine that a case is within the intention of a statute, the language must authorize the construction. It would be dangerous to carry the principle that a case... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1867 - 610 pages
...one indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest." The United States v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat. 76. But an examination of other sections of the same statute... | |
 | United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 648 pages
...one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest." Holding these familiar principles in mind, let us consider the clause of the section the meaning of... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional law - 1874 - 750 pages
...one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous indeed, to carry the principle that a case which is within... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1116 pages
...one, Indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially In a penal act, in search of an intention which the words...within the Intention of a statute, Its language must .authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous, indeed, to carry the principle that a case which Is... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1038 pages
...departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention whicli the words themselves did not suggest. To determine...within the intention of a statute, its language must authorize us to say so. It would be dangerous indeed to carry the principle that a case which is within... | |
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The case must be a strong one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest. 
