 | United States. Supreme Court - 1820 - 620 strani
...STATUTES. Though penal laws are to be construed strictly, yet the intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal, as well as other...obvious intention of the legislature. United States v. Wiltbergtr, 76. 95 PIRACY. 1. A commission issued by Avfy, as " Brigadier of the Mexican republic,"... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1820 - 662 strani
...STATUTES. Though penal laws are to be const-rued strictly, yet the intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal, as well as other...defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. United Stales v. Wiltberger, 76. 95 PIRACY. 1. A commission issued t>y .'it/ft/, as " Brigadier of the Mexican... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1820 - 622 strani
...water mark. Though penal laws are to be construed strictly ; yet the intention of the legislature must govern in the construction of penal, as well as other...to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. In the act of April 30th, 1790, c. 36. the description of placet contained in the 8tb section, within... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 434 strani
...to define a crime and ordain the punishment. But though penal laws are to be construed strictly — they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied us to narrow the words of the statute so as to excluded cases which... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - 1829 - 758 strani
...words of the act require it. Even penal laws, which, it is said, should be strictly construed, ought not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. This was laid down as a rule by this Court, in the case of the United States vs. Wiltberger, 5 Wh&al.... | |
 | 1830 - 522 strani
...to define a crime and ordain the punishment. But though penal laws are to be construed strictly — they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute so as to excluded cases which... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Henry Baldwin - 1837 - 670 strani
...and ordain the punishment. 5 Wheat. 95, 96. But though the penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to de-feat the obvious intention of the legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute, so as to exclude cases which... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1844 - 820 strani
...comprehended both in the statute. 6. Though penal statutes should be construed strictly, yet they'should not be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. United States v. Wiltbergen, 5 Wheaton's R. 76. The opinion of the court was delivered by BENNETT, J. — This case... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1845 - 434 strani
...by the report, that while it was true that penal statutes were to be construed strictly, they were " not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature, when that intention can be collected from the words used in the act." This position, in its just sense,... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1846 - 628 strani
...under the statute. Penal statutes must be construed strictly, 1 Black. Com. 88. Pennl statutes, though not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature, must not be so construed as to embrace any thing which was not clearly and unquestionably intended... | |
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It is a modification of the ancient maxim, and amounts to this, that though -penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. 
