 | Arthur Gilman - History - 1883 - 706 pages
...controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury of twelve men is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. XII. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. XIII. That a well... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - United States - 1883 - 734 pages
...ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. XI. That in controversies respecting property, and...suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury of twelve men is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. XII. That the freedom of the... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1012 pages
...dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved. In the constitution of Virginia it is provided, that in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the trial by jury is preferable to any other and ought to be held sacred. The laws of this state have been... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - Education - 1884 - 1242 pages
...described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted. 13. That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, tie trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 14. That the freedom of... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 940 pages
...June 12, 1776, passed our bill of rights by which the same principle was reaffirmed in these words : " That in controversies respecting property, and in...preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred." This provision was adopted without alteration by the convention of 1829-30, and re-adopted by the convention... | |
 | Howard Willis Preston - History - 1886 - 344 pages
...or the judgment of his peers. IX. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted....suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury of twelve men is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. XII. That the freedom of the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1408 pages
...thereof, and to remove the same if unlawful; and that such remedy ought not to be denied or delayed. " XL That in controversies respecting property, and in...suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury, as hath been exercised by us and our ancestors, from the lime whereof the memory of man is not to the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1164 pages
...trial tc correct the mistakes of the former verdict" Our constitution of 1776 (chapter 11) provided "that In controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the parties have a right to trial by jury -which ought to be held sacred." There was no attempt to define... | |
 | Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Constitutional history - 1888 - 878 pages
...constitution of the several States, which provide for the preservation of liberty in matters of religion. 2. That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, trial by jury shall remain as heretofore, as well in the federal courts as in those of the several... | |
 | George Campbell - United States - 1889 - 466 pages
...described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted. 13. That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 14. That the freedom of the... | |
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That in controversies, respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred. 
