Reports Of Cases Ruled And Adjudged In The Several Courts Of The United States And Of Pennsylvania

Author : Alexander James Dallas
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230019376
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Several Courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania; Held at the Seat of the Federal Government Volume written by Alexander James Dallas and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...out townships by persons not appointed or acknowledged by the laws of this commonwealth, and every person that shall be accessary thereto, before or after the fact, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not less than five hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, one-half to the use of the county, and the other half to the use of the informer; and shall also be subject to such imprisonment at hard labor, not exceeding eighteen months, as the court in their discretion may direct." It was agreed by the attorney-general, and the counsel for the defendants, that the leading question, whether the act of assembly was constitutional, or not, should be argued in the supreme court, before all the judges. Notice was regularly given to the attorney of the defendants, that the case would be argued at the present term; but they did not appear, nor apply to counsel to appear for them, until the argument had actually commenced; and then, upon being refused a term's delay, their counsel Lewis), for want of preparation, declined entering into the discussion. The case was opened and argued, by Duncan, for the commonwealth. He traced the history of the Wyoming controversy, and referred to the decree of Trenton (30th December 1782, 8 vol. Journ. Cong. 83-4), as finally terminating the question of boundary and jurisdiction between the states of Pennsylvania and Connecticut, in favor of the former. From that period, every settler under a Connecticut title, must be regarded as a wilful trespasser. (2 Dall. 306.) The ordinary process of the law, however, was not sufficient to restrain or repel the intrusions upon our territory; the legislative attention was imperiously drawn to the subject; and an act was passed, on the 11th of April 1795, ...