 | 1916 - 1096 pages
...find other than a verbal justification for giving to section 37 of the Criminal Code so broad a scope. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. Holy Trinity Church v. US, 143 US 457, 459, 12 Sup. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed. 226. The right of the United... | |
 | 1908 - 1104 pages
...contract of employment. The court says (page 459 of 143 US, page 512 of 12 Sup. Ct. [36 L. Ed. 226]): "It Is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...within the statute, because not within its spirit, not within the intention of its makers." Again, in the recent case of Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister (decided... | |
 | 1922 - 1084 pages
...different meanings in different connections, but also that — "A thing may be within the letter of a. statute, and yet not within the statute, because not...Its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed. 220; I.au v. United States,... | |
 | 1907 - 1054 pages
...found that certain broad language used therein should be given a restricted meaning, because of the "familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." But, as was subsequently pointed out by the same... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1926 - 686 pages
...Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 US 457, 459, Mr. Justice Brewer, speaking for the court, said : " It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." I think the Acts of 1892 and 1912, supra, are subject to the rules of construction laid down by the... | |
 | 1926 - 1086 pages
...the spirit or reason of the law and general language may be construed to admit implied exceptions. A thing may be within the letter of the statute and...not within its spirit, nor within the intention of the makers. Thus in Church of the Holy Trinity v. united States, 143 US 457, 12 S. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed.... | |
 | 1926 - 1118 pages
...the spirit or reason of the law and general language may be construed to admit implied exceptions. A thing may be within the letter of the statute and...not within its spirit, nor within the intention of the makers. Thus in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 Ü. S. 457, 12 S. Ct. 611, 36... | |
 | United States - 1927 - 564 pages
...630, 631, reversed US v. Hopewell (1892) 51 F. 798, 2 CCA 510. A thing may be within the letter of a statute and yet not within the statute because not...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. ЛаНпа Explosives Co. v. Ü. S. (1919) 9 Ct. Cust. App. 298, certiorari granted US v. Л-JI ua... | |
 | Mississippi State Bar Association - 1912 - 168 pages
...statute. Out of that decision, which declared the familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intent, have grown many struggles in the courts on the contention that to enforce the spirit of a law... | |
 | United States. Court of Customs Appeals - 1925 - 692 pages
...Trinity v. United States (143 US 457), and the following is quoted from that very interesting case: It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...and yet not within the statute, because not within the intention of the makers. This has often been asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating... | |
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It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. 
