 | 1855 - 576 strani
...pretext whatever, without the consent of the people, or their representatives in the legislature. 24. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence...with the fundamental principles of a free government. 25. No person ought, in any case, or in any time, to be declared guilty of treason or felony by the... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1856 - 430 strani
...facto laws XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before prohibited. jjie exigence of SUCJ! iawg? and which have not been declared crimes by preceding...with the fundamental principles of a free government. Legislature not to XXV. Xo subject ought, in any case, or in any time, to Bcon,tc. °f trca" be declared... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1857 - 518 strani
...Laws made to punish for actions done before prohibited. tne exjstence Of sucn jawSj an(j wi,ich nave not been declared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent witli the fundamental principles of a free government. Legislature™* to XXV. No subject ought, in... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1859 - 736 strani
...ex post facto, the constitutions of some of the states, in prohibiting such laws, describe them as " laws made to punish for actions done before the existence of such laws ;" (Constitution of Massachusetts, parti, sect. 24;) "retrospective laws." Const, of N. Hampshire,... | |
 | JEREMIAH SPOFFORD, M.D. - 1860 - 390 strani
...pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people, or their representatives in the legislature. XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence...with the fundamental principles of a free government. XXV. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time, to be declared guilty of treason or felony by the... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1860 - 1158 strani
...Sfoi° XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence <»spro o£. sucji jaws> an(j rary c Legislature not XXV. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time, to be declared trea1Sn!&c°fg^ty... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1862 - 448 strani
...pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people, or their representatives in the legislature. XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence...with the fundamental principles of a free government. ? ntrea° XXV. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time, to «on, io. * be declared guilty of... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1863 - 312 strani
...pretext whatever, without the consent of the people, or their representatives in the legislature. 24. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence...with the fundamental principles of a free government. 25. No person ought, in any case, or in any time, to be declared guilty of treason or felony by the... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 strani
...whatsoever, without the consent of the people, or their Representatives in the Legislature. ART. XXIV. Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence...with the fundamental principles of a free government. ART. XXV. No subject ought, in any case, or in any time, to be declared guilty of treason or felony... | |
 | New York (State) - 1867 - 254 strani
...and retroactive laws injuriously affecting any right of the citizen, are prohibited. Oa.., 142. — Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence...with the fundamental principles of a free government. Mass., 282. — Writs of error shall never bo prohibited by law. Wit., 561. — The writ of error shall... | |
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Laws made to punish for actions done before the existence of such laws, and which have not been declared crimes by preceding laws, are unjust, oppressive, and inconsistent with the fundamental principles of a free government. 
