Transactions, Volume 21Hanzsche, 1916 |
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administration of justice admitted amended Amount paid Annapolis Annual Meeting appellee Asso attorney Baltimore City Balto Bar Association Calvert Bdg Calvert St Chairman Chestertown ciation Circuit clerk Committee on Laws common law Continental Tr counsel County Court of Appeals Cumberland David Ash declared delay discretion duty Easton EDWIN Elected Elkton Ellicott City Equitable Bdg evidence Executive Council fact Federal Criminal Fidelity Bdg FRANK Frederick George Whitelock Hagerstown hearsay HENRY HOWARD instructions JAMES JOHN Judge Niles jury Lauchheimer Law Bdg lawyer Legislature Lexington St Maryland State Bar matter motion Munsey Bdg opinion party Paul St person practice present President Princess Anne printed procedure proposed prosecution question reason record Robert F Rockville rule Salisbury Secretary spoken words statute suggestion testimony THOMAS tion Title Bdg Towson transcript trial judge Upper Marlboro Urner verbal acts vote being taken Walter Walter Lord WILLIAM H
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Page 108 - It is the duty of the court to instruct the jury as to the law ; and it is the duty of the jury to follow the law, as it is laid down by the court.
Page 79 - ... to a decision of such questions by the appellate court. Such statement, when filed in the office of the clerk of the district court, shall be treated as superseding, for the purposes of the appeal, all parts of the record other than the decree from which the appeal is taken, and, together with such decree, shall be copied and certified to the appellate court as the record on appeal.
Page 107 - My brother Wilde has stated that in cases of libel the jury are judges of the law as well as of fact ; but I beg to deny that. Juries are not judges of the law, or at any rate not in civil actions. The authority on which the learned Sergeant has probably grounded his supposition is the 32d G.
Page 283 - And the said association is formed to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, to promote reform in the law, to facilitate the administration of justice, to elevate the standard of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession, and to cherish the spirit of brotherhood among the members thereof.
Page 108 - In each, they have the physical power to disregard the law, as laid down to them by the court. But I deny, that, in any case, civil or criminal, they have the moral right to decide the law according to their own notions, or pleasure.
Page 285 - No. 3 shall hold their offices for six years from the date of their election and until their successors are elected...
Page 294 - VIII.— All Standing Committees shall meet on the day preceding each Annual Meeting, at the place where the same is to be held, at such hour as the respective chairmen shall designate.
Page 288 - By-laws, or for non-payment of annual dues, and all interest in the property of the Association, of persons ceasing to be members by expulsion, resignation or otherwise shall thereupon vest absolutely in the Association.
Page 79 - Court or the judge thereof, may prepare and sign a statement of the case showing how the questions arose and were decided in the District Court and setting forth so much only of the facts alleged and proved, or sought to be proved, as is essential to a decision of such questions by the appellate court.
Page 68 - ... prepare and sign a statement of the case showing how the questions arose and were decided in the district court and setting forth so much only of the facts alleged and proved, or sought to be proved, as is essential to a decision of such questions by the appellate court. Such statement, when filed in the office of the clerk of the...