 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 1250 pages
...construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderuess of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the...the legislative, not in the judicial department." "Although penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 512 pages
...strictly is perhaps not much less old than construction Opinion of the Court—Leonard, J. itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the...which is to define a crime and ordain its punishment. * * The intention of the legislature is to be collected from the words they employ. Where there is... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 784 pages
...that penal laws are to l>e 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 the legislative, not in the judicial department.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1266 pages
...that penal laws are to be construed strictly is, perhaps, not muchloss old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the...the court, which Is to define a crime, and ordain It» punishment." "Though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so... | |
 | Criminal law - 1904 - 646 pages
...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...is to define a crime and ordain its punishment. It i» said, that notwithstanding this rule the intention of the lawmaker must govern in the construction... | |
 | Criminal law - 1922 - 624 pages
...that favors the life or liberty of the convict. (Commonwealth v. Martin, 17 Mass. 362.) This rule " is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights...the legislative, not in the judicial department." (United States v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat, 95, 25 RCL 1084.) As to the principle, see, too, People ex rel.... | |
 | 1912 - 722 pages
...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...power of punishment is vested in the legislative, and not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime... | |
 | California. Bureau of Labor Statistics - California - 1912 - 676 pages
...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...power of punishment is vested in the legislative, and not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime... | |
 | United States. Circuit Courts, Albert J. Brunner - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 772 pages
...opinion I am expressing is in the words which Congress has used in this declaration of its purpose. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime and ordain its punishment; and the intention of that legislature is to be found in the words they employ. The first thing which... | |
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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... 
