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... Court for the Dominion of Canada . I do not know how far the Federal Government can go in enacting a law of that kind ; but when we find at this session of Parliament , as we do , that we have one hundred and twenty divorce petitions to ...
... Court for the Dominion of Canada . I do not know how far the Federal Government can go in enacting a law of that kind ; but when we find at this session of Parliament , as we do , that we have one hundred and twenty divorce petitions to ...
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... court con- siders it is a case for the court to deal with , the court has the right to examine into the facts and decide whether the sentence was a proper one or not . This Bill does not in- . volve the question of appeal in criminal ...
... court con- siders it is a case for the court to deal with , the court has the right to examine into the facts and decide whether the sentence was a proper one or not . This Bill does not in- . volve the question of appeal in criminal ...
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... Court of Criminal Appeal . It was instituted only a short time ago and it is giving entire satisfaction to the people of England . There the Court of Appeal has very extensive powers . It may not only re - try the case and alter the ...
... Court of Criminal Appeal . It was instituted only a short time ago and it is giving entire satisfaction to the people of England . There the Court of Appeal has very extensive powers . It may not only re - try the case and alter the ...
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... court of criminal appeal ; so that when a magistrate or judge pro- nounces a sentence , he can make it one year or ten years , whatever he thinks best , and whatever he says is final . Hon . Mr. FOWLER : The law provides a range of ...
... court of criminal appeal ; so that when a magistrate or judge pro- nounces a sentence , he can make it one year or ten years , whatever he thinks best , and whatever he says is final . Hon . Mr. FOWLER : The law provides a range of ...
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... court of appeal would not have dimin- ished the sentence ; it would be only in more glaring cases that they would inter- fere at all . When I first introduced this Bill I had a conversation with a well - known judge of Ontario , who was ...
... court of appeal would not have dimin- ished the sentence ; it would be only in more glaring cases that they would inter- fere at all . When I first introduced this Bill I had a conversation with a well - known judge of Ontario , who was ...
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Page 112 - Treaty of Peace between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany...
Page 124 - All persons born in Polish territory who are not born nationals of another State shall ipso facto become Polish nationals. ARTICLE 7. All Polish nationals shall be equal before the law and shall enjoy the same civil and political rights without distinction as to race, language or religion.
Page 263 - The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts.
Page 124 - Polish national in matters relating to the enjoyment of civil or political rights, as, for instance, admission to public employments, functions and honours, or the exercise of professions and industries. No restriction shall be imposed on the free use by any Polish national of any language in private intercourse, in commerce, in religion, in the press or in publications of any kind, or at public meetings.
Page 420 - That no person who disbelieves in or who is opposed to organized government, or who is a member of or affiliated with any organization entertaining and teaching such disbelief in or opposition to organized government, or who advocates or teaches the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the government of the United States...
Page 124 - Article 54. Bulgarian nationals who belong to racial, religious or linguistic minorities shall enjoy the same treatment and security In law and in fact as the other Bulgarian nationals. In particular they shall have an equal right to establish, manage and control at their own expense charitable, religious and social institutions, schools and other educational establishments, with the right to use their own language and to exercise their religion freely therein.
Page 486 - To carry out such Policy tracts of land of such extent as it has hitherto been the practice of the British Columbia Government to appropriate for that purpose, shall from time to time be conveyed by the Local Government to the Dominion Government in trust for the use and benefit of the Indians on application of the Dominion Government...
Page 445 - The charge of the Indians, and the trusteeship and management of the lands reserved for their use and benefit, shall be assumed by the Dominion government, and a policy as liberal as that hitherto pursued by the British Columbia government shall be continued by the Dominion government after the union.
Page 124 - Poland will provide in the public educational system in towns and districts in which a considerable proportion of Polish nationals of other than Polish speech are resident adequate facilities for ensuring that in the primary schools the instruction shall be given to the children of such Polish nationals through the medium of their own language. This provision shall not prevent the Polish Government from making the teaching of the Polish language obligatory in the said schools.
Page 257 - The parties to any proceeding instituted in consequence of adultery, and the husbands and wives of such parties, shall be competent to give evidence in such proceeding...