 That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal, pending, or to be commenced, for any search, seizure,...  Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session - 50th ... - Page 514by United States. Congress. House - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Crime - 1917 - 986 pages
...of the President during the existing war should be a defense to any prosecution, civil or criminal, "for any search, seizure, arrest or imprisonment,...done, or committed, or acts omitted to be done," under authority of such order. This act was upheld, the court saying: "That an act passed after the event... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1022 pages
...under his authority made, at any lime during the existence of the present Rebellion. shall be a defense in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil...criminal, pending or to be commenced, for any search, teizure, arrest or imprisonment, made, done or committed, or acts admitted to be done, under and by... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 1228 pages
...authority, 1ÍO Г. S. made at any time during the existence of the present rébellion, shall be a defense in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal, pending or to be commenced, for any such seizure, arrest or imprisonment, made, done or committed, or acts omitted to be done under and... | |
 | Mary Sayre Haverstock, Jeannette Mahoney Vance, Brian L. Meggitt - Art - 2000 - 1096 pages
..."That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal . . . for any search, seizure, arrest, or imprisonment." Statutes at Large, 12:755-58. 6. The assistant... | |
 | William Whiting - Martial law - 2002 - 364 pages
..."that any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of this present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts...made by special plea, or under the general issue." The same act further provides that actions against officers and others for torts in arrests commenced... | |
 | Edward Steers - History - 2003 - 560 pages
...under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defense in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil...omitted to be done, under and by virtue of such order. By the fifth section it is provided, that, if any suit or prosecution, civil or criminal, has been... | |
 | William MacDonald - Charters - 1916 - 684 pages
...That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts...made by special plea, or under the general issue. No. 136. Resolution against Foreign Mediation March 3, 1863 DECEMBER 4, 1862, Thaddeus Stevens offered... | |
 | Hugo Emil Rudolph Arndt - Medical - 1909 - 690 pages
...under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defense in all Courts to any action or prosecution, civil...order, or under color of any law of Congress, and such defense may be made by special plea or under the general issue." The Court found a justification of... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1863 - 620 pages
...government. By that act the authority of the President, the commander-in-chief, is made a full and perfect defence, in all courts, to any action or prosecution,...any search, seizure, arrest, or imprisonment, " made or to be made, at any time during the present rebellion," whether instituted by habeas corpus or otherwise.... | |
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