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" That, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. "
Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United ... - Page 74
by United States. Supreme Court - 1820
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The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts ..., Volume 5

Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 434 pages
...to define a crime and ordain the punishment. But though penal laws are to be construed strictly — they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied us to narrow the words of the statute so as to excluded cases which...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 5

Pennsylvania - 1830 - 522 pages
...to define a crime and ordain the punishment. But though penal laws are to be construed strictly — they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute so as to excluded cases which...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, in ...

United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Henry Baldwin - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 670 pages
...and ordain the punishment. 5 Wheat. 95, 96. But though the penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to de-feat the obvious intention of the legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute, so as to exclude cases which...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 15

Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1844 - 820 pages
...comprehended both in the statute. 6. Though penal statutes should be construed strictly, yet they'should not be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. United States v. Wiltbergen, 5 Wheaton's R. 76. The opinion of the court was delivered by BENNETT,...
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The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 3

Samuel Owen - Law - 1845 - 434 pages
...by the report, that while it was true that penal statutes were to be construed strictly, they were " not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature, when that intention can be collected from the words used in the act." This position, in its just sense,...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 6

Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1846 - 628 pages
...under the statute. Penal statutes must be construed strictly, 1 Black. Com. 88. Pennl statutes, though not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature, must not be so construed as to embrace any thing which was not clearly and unquestionably intended...
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Commentaries on Statute and Constitutional Law and Statutory and ...

E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...construed strictly, should also be observed, which is, that while they are to be strictly construed, yet they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature, and the words are not to be so narrowed down as to exclude cases which those words, in their ordinary...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 3

Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1848 - 712 pages
...delivering the opinion of the court, says, " that although penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which...
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Commentaries on Statute and Constitutional Law and Statutory and ...

E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...are not to be extended by an equitable construction, yet it will be found equally well settled that they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intent of the legislature, nor are the words to be so narrowed down as to exclude from their operation...
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Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States ..., Volume 8

United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 536 pages
...words of the act require it. Even penal laws, which, it is said, should be strictly construed, ought not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. This was laid down as a rule by this court in the case of the United States v. Wiltberger, 5 W. 56....
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