 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 534 pages
...the Bill of Rights, however, Congress had provided in the Judiciary Act of 1789 as follows : "* * * upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be...admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases it shall not be admitted but by the supreme or a circuit court, or a judge of a district... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 334 pages
...offense shall be admitted to bail stems in large part from the Judiciary Act of 1789, which provided that "upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be...admitted except where the punishment may be death, in which cases bail is discretionary, depending upon the nature and circumstances of the offense, the... | |
 | United States. President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia - Crime - 1966 - 1100 pages
...the Judiciary Act of 1789, 2 years before the Amendment was ratified. The Judiciary Act provided that "upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be...admitted, except where the punishment may be death." " The meaning of the Amendment, nevertheless, has been much debated. It is argued that the Amendment... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. District of Columbia - 1966 - 92 pages
...amendment states: "Excessive bail shall not be required." Ho\vever, the Judiciary Act of 1789 provided that "upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be...admitted, except where the punishment .may be death." It made bail in capital cases discretionary, depending upon the nature and circumstances of the offense... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1967 - 1498 pages
...prohibits excessive bail, and as far back as 1789, the Congress in the Judiciary Act provided that upon all arrests in criminal cases bail shall be admitted except where the punishment may be death. Certainly you are not recommending that because a man is charged with a crime you could throw the Constitution... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. District of Columbia - 1967 - 284 pages
...prohibits excessive bail, and as far back as 1789, the Congress in the Judiciary Act provided that upon all arrests in criminal cases bail shall be admitted except where the punishment may be death. Certainly you are not recommending that because a man is charged with a crime you could throw the Constitution... | |
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And upon all arrests in criminal cases, bail shall be admitted, except where the punishment may be death, in which cases it shall not be admitted but by the supreme or a circuit court, or by a justice of the supreme court, or a judge of a district court,... 
