 | United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), John Gallison - 1817 - 624 pages
...of the constitution, for it has been solemnly adjudged, that it applies only to laws, which render an act punishable in a manner, in which it was not punishable, when it was committed." The clause does not touch civil rights or civil remedies. w Huber. tom. 2, lib. 1, Tit. 3.— Valid. B.... | |
 | 1879 - 822 pages
...post facto laws are vicious, and in all free governments are unconstitutional. 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 laws are forbidden by the Constitution of the United States. If law may be applied to adjudge... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 590 pages
...Afterwards, in Fletcher \. Peck,1' it was observed, that an ex post facto law was one which rendered an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. This definition is distinguished for its comprehensive brevity and precision, and it extends to laws... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 pages
...Ogden v. Saunders, 12 Wheat. R. 266, 303, 329, 330, 335 ; 1 Kent. Comm. Lect 19, p. 381, 382. ders an act punishable in a manner, in which it was not punishable, when it was committed." 1 Such a law may inflict penalties on the person, or may inflict pecuniary penalties, which swell the... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1833 - 260 pages
...individual, or may confiscate his property, or both." 774. Ex post facto Laws, are those which render an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when committed ; and this definition embraces both Laws inflicting personal or pecuniary penalties, for... | |
 | James Asheton Bayard - 1834 - 198 pages
...different testimony, than the law required at the time of the commission of the offence ; in short, any law which renders an act punishable, in a manner in which it was not punishable, when it was committed.* All such laws are inconsistent with liberty, and the spirit of our institutions, and are expressly... | |
 | Francis Fellowes - 1835 - 214 pages
...inserted an unqualified prohibition of them in the constitution. What is an ex post facto law 1 Ans. It is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in...which it was not punishable when it was committed. Remark. The Latin words ex post facto, signify, by something done afterwards. The monstrous injustice... | |
 | Maine. Legislature - 1844 - 1148 pages
...any ex post facto law or law impairing the obligation of any contract." <: 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." To separate a busband from his wife without his consent, is a severe punishment. A legislative divorce,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 pages
...law is a law that declares an act to be criminal which was not so before the law was passed ; or that renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. " No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 pages
...law is a law that declares an act to be criminal which was not so before the law was passed ; or that .renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. 411. No capitation or other direct tax may be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration... | |
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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. 
