| E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 pages
...granting legislative power. But that it also contained negative words under the clause, "no member of the state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of...citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers. That the meaning of this section was, that no member of this state should... | |
| William Euen - 1848 - 164 pages
...order to secure his blessings, DO ESTABLISH this Constitution. ARTICLE I. Section I. No member of the State shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of...citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. Sections. The trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore... | |
| Joseph H. Mather, Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1848 - 446 pages
...for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, do establish this Constitution. ARTICLE I. Sec. 1. No member of this state shall be disfranchised,...of any of the rights or privileges, secured to any citizens thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. Sec. 2. The trial by... | |
| Samuel Owen - 1848 - 488 pages
...obligation of a contract, and on the provisions of the constitution of this state, declaring that " no member of this state shall be disfranchised or deprived of any of the rights secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of this state, or the judgment of his peers," and... | |
| James Kent - 1848 - 1046 pages
...exceeds twenty dollars. Cons. US Amendments, art. 7. In the constitution of New York it is declared, that trial by jury, " in all cases in which it has been heretofore used," should remain inviolate forever ; and no new court should bo instituted, except courts of equity, which... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1849 - 482 pages
...our freedom: in order to secure its blessings, do establish this Constitution: ARTICLE I. SECTION I. No member of this State shall be disfranchised, or...law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. SEC. II. The trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore usoil, shall remain inviolate forever.... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.), New York (State). Supreme Court - 1851 - 452 pages
...party may not, as matter of right, demand a trial by jury. By the constitution, article 1, section 2, the trial by jury, in all cases in which it has...been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate forever. This is the precise declaration of the former constitution, article 7, section 2, and the substance... | |
| California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 540 pages
...it was adopted. The next question was on the first section of the report of the committee, viz : 3. No member of this State shall be disfranchised, or...citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peen. Mr. BoTTS moved to strike out the word " member," and insert " citizen."... | |
| California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 pages
...consideration, respectfully report the following proposed articles : ARTICLE I. Declaration of Rights. I. No member of this State shall be disfranchised or...citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. II. The right of trial by jury shall be secured to all, and remain inviolate... | |
| New York (State). Supreme Court, John Lansing Wendell - 1850 - 544 pages
...those of a foreign government. But the seventh article (ยง 2) of our own constitution declares, that " the trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate forever ;" and the case before us is supposed not to come within the exception. It is a satisfactory answer,... | |
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