 | 1897 - 1164 ページ
...Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 138, Chief Judge Marshall said that "an ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner In which it was not punishable when committed." See, also. Anderson v. Baker, 23 Md. 531, and Beard v. State, 74 Md. 132, 21 Atl. 700.... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1887 - 880 ページ
...in order to conviction. These three classes may be reduced to one ; namelv, all laws which make au act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed. But the court did not consider any law ex post fado within the prohibition which mollified... | |
 | 1893 - 1254 ページ
...its enactment, was ex post facto. An "ex post facto" law was defined by Chief Justice Marshall to be one which rendered an act punishable in a manner in...which it was not punishable when it was committed. Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 87-133. If, however, the punishment be increased, though the manner of... | |
 | James Joseph McGovern - 1888 - 510 ページ
...390-1." And in a late case, Chief Justice Marshall says: "An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed." Fletcher vs. Peck, 6 Crunch, 13S. " This definition," says Chancellor Kent, " is distinguished for... | |
 | 1888 - 880 ページ
...post facto law, for both these are expressly forbidden. But an ex post facto law is one which makes an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed: Fletcher v. Peck, 6 Cram-Si, 138. Ex post Jacto laws relate to penal and criminal proceedings, which... | |
 | Gustav Adolf Endlich - 1888 - 970 ページ
...be classed as an ex post facto law, as it did not make that criminal which was not so when done," or an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed ;" and that, as the two years had not completely run between the commission of the offence... | |
 | John Innes Clark Hare - 1888 - 764 ページ
...lives and fortunes of individuals was especially restrained. An ex post facto law was one rendering an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed. Such a law might inflict penalties on the person, or might inflict pecuniary penalties to... | |
 | John Innes Clark Hare - 1889 - 744 ページ
...1 " The State legislature can pass no ex post facto law. An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. " Such a law may inflict penalties on the person, or may inflict pecuniary penalties which swell the... | |
 | Asahel Norton Fitch - 1889 - 236 ページ
...post facto law. The Supreme Court of the United States has defined such a law as " one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed." Justice requires that a person should not be punished for an act that was innocent when done; and that... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1889 - 990 ページ
...v. Peck, 6 Cranch, 138, Chief Justice Marshall defined an ex post facto law to be "one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed," and this definition has been regarded as distinguished for its comprehensive brevity and precision:... | |
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An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. 
