By it, every citizen, instead of reposing under the shield of known and fixed laws as to his liberty, property and life, exists with a rope round his neck, subject to be hung up by a military despot at the next lamp-post, under the sentence of some drum-head... Executive Power - Page 25by Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1862 - 34 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Norton Pomeroy - Law - 1883 - 626 pages
...be referred to soon, speaks of it in this manner : " By it every citizen, instead of reposing under known and fixed laws as to his liberty, property, and life, exists with a rope around his neck, subject to be hung up by a military despot at the next lamp post, under the sentence... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1903 - 996 pages
...and penalties of courts-martial or extraordinary commissions, and for all kinds of supposed offences. By it, every citizen, instead of reposing under the...subject to be hung up by a, military despot at the Lutl,er v. Borden ct al. next lamp-post, under the sentence of some drum-head courtmartial. (See Simmon's... | |
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