 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1868 - 570 էջ
...complicated, and will be referred to in another portion of this section. The Chief Justice says : 2 "An ex post facto law is one which renders an act...which it was not punishable when it was committed. Such a law may inflict penalties on the person, or may inflict pecuniary penalties which swell the... | |
 | Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey - 1868 - 1198 էջ
...259. The prohibition to pass ex post facto laws applies only to laws of a penal or criminal nature. An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable...which it was not punishable when it was committed, either by a change of the punishment or of the rules of evidence applicable to it. 3 Dall. 386. 6 Cranch,... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1868 - 480 էջ
...added. In Fletcher v. Peck, G Cranch, 138, it was said by the Supreme Court of the United States that an ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was n6t punishable when it was •committed. ''This definition," says KENT, "is distinguished for its comprehensive... | |
 | John C. Devereux - 1868 - 444 էջ
...What is meanly an ex post facto law f — 410. A short; (fefmition of an ex post facto law is, any law which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not, punishable when it was committed. This includes punishment * Although no State can be permitted to establish a permanent military government,... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - 1869 - 396 էջ
...of a criminal nature. The Supreme Court of the United States has defined an ex post facto law to be one " which renders an act punishable in a manner...which it was not punishable when it was committed." For instance : from 1808 to 1820 the foreign slave trade was punishable by fine and imprisonment. After... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - 1869 - 350 էջ
...of a criminal nature. The Supreme Court of the United States has defined an ex post facto law to be one " which renders an act punishable in a manner...which it was not punishable when it was committed." For instance, from 1808 to 1820, the foreign slave-trade was punishable by fine and imprisonment. After... | |
 | William M. Leftwich - 1870 - 446 էջ
...required when the act was committed/ " The Supreme Court have given the following definition : " ( An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable...which it was not punishable when it was committed/ "Now, whether the new Constitution of Missouri does or does not contravene the letter of the Constitution... | |
 | William M. Leftwich - 1870 - 454 էջ
...required when the act was committed.' " The Supreme Court have given the following definition : " ' An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable...which it was not punishable when it was committed.' " Now, whether the new Constitution of Missouri does or does not contravene the letter of the Constitution... | |
 | William M. Leftwich - 1870 - 456 էջ
...was required when the act was committed.' " The Supreme Court have given the following definition : "'An ex post facto law is one which renders an act...which it was not punishable when it was committed.' "Now, whether the new Constitution of Missouri does or does not contravene the letter of the Constitution... | |
 | 1881 - 572 էջ
...Juetice Marshall's justly lauded expression in Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 138: " Au ex post fucto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner...which it was not punishable when it was committed." If this bo an exact definition, then an act to change the'penalty of murder or treason previously committed,... | |
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An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. 
