 | Francis Smith Eastman - Vermont - 1828 - 124 pages
...confronted with the witnesses ; to call for evidence in his favour, and a speedy pnblick trial, by an impartial jury of the country, without the unanimous...compelled to give evidence against himself; nor can any person be justly deprived of his liberty, except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers.... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Virginia - 1898 - 850 pages
...his favor and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty, nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 516 pages
...and intelligible. What then are we to understand by the clause which provides that " no person can be justly deprived of his liberty except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers?" To the laws of what land are we here directed for protection ? Why, to the laws of this... | |
 | James Hawkins Peck, Arthur Joseph Stansbury - Impeachments - 1833 - 614 pages
...;" but that " the laws of the land " were also embraced in this exception. The language used is, " nor can any man be justly deprived of his liberty,...except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers." It was contended that a distinction existed between " the judgment of a man's peers " and... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty ; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1835 - 552 pages
...already said, the power of the representatives cannot be greater than that of the people they represent. be compelled to give evidence against himself; nor...except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of hj peers. X. That the people have a right to hold themselves, their houses, papers. Mid possessions... | |
 | Vermont. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 124 pages
...cannot be found'guilty ; nor can he becom..pelled to give evidence against himself; nor .can any person be justly deprived of his liberty, except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers. • < . ARTICLE XL That the people have a right to hold themselves, their houses, papers... | |
 | Vermont gen. assembly, senate - 1841 - 366 pages
...prosecutions for criminal offences the person accused shall have a right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the country, without the unanimous...consent of which jury he cannot be found guilty." The Council find the 7th section in the tenth chapter of the law passed on the 19th day of November,... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Natural history - 1842 - 726 pages
...confronted with the witnesses; to call for evidence in his favor, and a speedy public trial, by an impartial jury of the country, without the unanimous...compelled to give evidence against himself; nor can any person be justly deprived of his liberty, except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers.... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Natural history - 1842 - 662 pages
...confronted with the witnesses; to call for evidence in his favor, and a speedy public trial, by an impartial jury of the country, without the unanimous...compelled to give evidence against himself; nor can any person be justly deprived of his liberty, except by the laws of the land, or the judgment of his peers.... | |
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... be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. 
