 | 1893 - 1164 str.
...and ordain its punishment. It is said that, notwithstanding this rule, the intention of the lawmaker must govern in the construction of penal as well as other statutes. This is true. But this is not a new independent rule, wliichsubvertstheold. It is a modification of... | |
 | New York (State). Courts, Francis Blaine Delehanty (Reporter), Austin B. Griffin (Reporter), Robert George Scherer (Reporter), Edward Jordan Dimock (Reporter), Joseph Albert Lawson (Reporter), Charles Cook Lester (Reporter), William Van Rensselaer Erving (Reporter), Louis J. Rezzemini (Reporter) - 1903 - 752 str.
...and ordain its punishment. It is said, that notwithstanding this rule the intention of the lawmaker must govern in the construction of penal, as well as other statutes. This is true. But this is not a new independent rule which subverts the old. It is a modification of... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - 1895 - 784 str.
...Ind. 46. As said by an Indiana law writer: "Though penal laws are to receive a strict construction, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious or expressed intentof the Legislature." Gillett's Crim. Law, section 20. It is true, as appellant contends,... | |
 | 1896 - 1242 str.
...criminal statutes cannot be so construed as to embrace offenses not clearly within their provisions, "yet the intention of the legislature must govern...defeat the obvious intention of the legislature." US v. Wiltberyer, 5 Wheat. TO. The statute was intended as much for the protection of females under... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1896 - 1018 str.
...include every State, parochial and municipal officer. Though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the Legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the stature to the exclusion of cases which... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold, Arnold LeBell - 1898 - 772 str.
...suppress the mischief and advance the remedy." Coster v. Lorillard, 14 Wend. 297. " Even penal statutes are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature." US v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat. 76; Manitowoc Co. v. Truman, 91 Wis. 12. See, also, US v. Freeman, 3 How.... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1899 - 996 str.
...suppress the mischief and advance the remedy": Coster v. Lorillard, 14 Wend. 297. "Even penal statutes are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the...obvious intention of the legislature": United States v. Wiltberger, 5 Wheat. 76; Manitowoc Co. v. Truman, 91 Wis. 12. See, also, Unitrd Stales v. Freeman,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1899 - 790 str.
...is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment." "Though penal taws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. The maxim is not to be so applied as to narrow the words of the statute to the exclusion of cases which... | |
 | 1899 - 914 str.
...says in Ball v. State, 3 Ga. 18, "although penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to bo construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature." And in Sanders v. State, 74 Ga. 82, we find the following: "Courts are not very astute in shielding... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1900 - 1046 str.
...Justice Marshall, says in Hall v. State, 3 Ga. 18, "although penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature." And in Sanders v. State, 74 Ga. 82, we find the following: "Courts -are not very astute in shielding... | |
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That, though penal laws are to be construed strictly, they are not to be construed so strictly as to defeat the obvious intention of the legislature. 
