Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Svazek 31Edward O. Jenkins, 1861 |
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... took his conveyance for fifteen other slaves - the fifteen had been the husband's , but had been sold as his property at Sheriff's Sale and bought by R. M. The defendant gave the hus- band a written agreement allowing him to take the ...
... took his conveyance for fifteen other slaves - the fifteen had been the husband's , but had been sold as his property at Sheriff's Sale and bought by R. M. The defendant gave the hus- band a written agreement allowing him to take the ...
Strana 2
... took a full account on both sides from the beginning , and for the balance found to be due to defendant , paid him off in negroes , at prices put upon them by the arbitrators ; settled their own fees , & c . This award was made the ...
... took a full account on both sides from the beginning , and for the balance found to be due to defendant , paid him off in negroes , at prices put upon them by the arbitrators ; settled their own fees , & c . This award was made the ...
Strana 15
... took a bill of sale of said last mentioned negroes to himself and in his own name , to secure the repayment to him of the said sum of thirty - one hundred dollars . That on the 11th day of April , 1849 , an agreement in writing was made ...
... took a bill of sale of said last mentioned negroes to himself and in his own name , to secure the repayment to him of the said sum of thirty - one hundred dollars . That on the 11th day of April , 1849 , an agreement in writing was made ...
Strana 16
... that a rule or order of Whitfield Superior Court was had and passed , re- ferring said cases according to the agreement , and that the 1 Wade vs. Powell . arbitration took place on the first 16 SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA .
... that a rule or order of Whitfield Superior Court was had and passed , re- ferring said cases according to the agreement , and that the 1 Wade vs. Powell . arbitration took place on the first 16 SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA .
Strana 17
... took no account of the sum due for the hire and labor of complainant's negroes . when used by said Peyton L. Wade , as herein before charged and set forth ; that the arbitators allowed the said Peyton Wade vs. Powell . L. Wade compound ...
... took no account of the sum due for the hire and labor of complainant's negroes . when used by said Peyton L. Wade , as herein before charged and set forth ; that the arbitators allowed the said Peyton Wade vs. Powell . L. Wade compound ...
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Strana 600 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Strana 248 - Express malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a fellow creature, which is manifested by external circumstances capable of proof. Malice shall be implied when no considerable provocation appears, or when all the circumstances of the killing show an abandoned and malignant heart.
Strana 478 - ... in respect of one or more particular subjects or persons ; as, for instance, where at the time of the commission of the alleged crime the accused knew he was acting contrary to law, but did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some supposed public benefit?' In answer to which question, assuming that your lordships...
Strana 251 - It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge.
Strana 478 - That before a plea of insanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind, and that at the time he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong.
Strana 472 - A person shall be considered of sound mind who is neither an idiot nor lunatic, nor affected with insanity ; and who hath arrived at the age of fourteen years, or before that age, if such person know the distinction between good and evil.
Strana 453 - Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being in the peace of the State, by a person of sound memory and discretion, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.
Strana 489 - A presumption arises for the residuary legatee against every one except the particular legatee. The testator is supposed to give it away from the residuary legatee only for the sake of the particular legatee.
Strana 476 - ... it is not every kind of frantic humor or something unaccountable in a man's actions that points him out to be such a madman as is to be exempted from punishment; it must be a man that is totally deprived of his understanding and memory, and doth not know what he is doing, no more than an infant, than a brute, or a wild beast...
Strana 247 - All the presumptions of law independent of evidence are in favor of innocence ; and every person is presumed to be innocent until he is proved guilty. If upon such proof there is reasonable doubt remaining, the accused Is entitled to the benefit of it by an acquittal.