 | 1843 - 434 pages
...the offence ; the true design of all punishments being to reform, and not to exterminate mankind. 15. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up bis estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in cases... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1847 - 480 pages
...the offence, thu true design of all punishment being to reform, not to exterminate mankind. SEc. XV. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver yp his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1856 - 186 pages
...with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. SEC. Vt. No person shall be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same ; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate. SEC. 13. No soldier shall,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1908 - 714 pages
...estate." The constitution of 1848 contained the same clause, while the constitution of 1870 declares : "All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature...State for any offense committed within the same." There are in these several constitutional provisions clear and unequivocal declarations of the public... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1847 - 824 pages
...declaration. These authorities would be sufficient, if it were not for our Constitution, which declares, that "no person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate for tiie benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in cases where there... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1854 - 566 pages
...there is one good count in it. Ib. « POOR DEBTORS. The constitutional provision which declares that no person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate, applies only to actions upon contracts, express or implied; it docs not extend to actions for torts.... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1915 - 734 pages
...infringement upon section II of article 2 of the State constitution, which provides, among other things, that "all penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offense," and no other need be considered by us. The statute under consideration imposes a penalty of $500 to $1000... | |
 | New York (State) - 1867 - 254 pages
...offense committed within the same. Ill, 1GG ; Kan., 197 ; Vt., 522 ; Ohio, 433. — No person shall be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same ; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estille. Oíiío, 433. — That... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. § 12. No person shall be transported out of the State, for any offense committed within the same; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate. § 13. No soldier shall,... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - 1868 - 1134 pages
...to the sovereignty of the people of Ohio, by whose organic law it is declared that no person shall be transported out of the State for any offense committed within the same. "J?«o/rerf, 1 6. That CL Vallandigliam was, at the time of his arrest, a prominent candidate fir nomination... | |
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All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offense; and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate ; nor shall any person be transported out of the state for any offense committed within the same. 
