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In Re Hodsdon, Strafford County Superior Court Records 1814, Folder 38, Doc. 1, New Hampshire State Archives - Affidavit Of Joseph Loomis

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The affidavit of Joseph Loomis, a local judge,reported that he had been at the fort in January “and there saw imprisoned Austin Bissell a private citizen of the United States who has since been discharged.

In Re Hodsdon, Strafford County Superior Court Records 1814, Folder 38, Doc. 2, New Hampshire State Archives - Clerk's Endorsement Of Joseph Loomis Affidavit

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The affidavit of Joseph Loomis, a local judge,reported that he had been at the fort in January “and there saw imprisoned Austin Bissell a private citizen of the United States who has since been discharged.

Maine Historical Society, Coll. 8, Box 1/4 - Letter From T.H. Cushing To Isaac Hodsdon (Dec. 29, 1813)

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... General Thomas H. Cushing of the United States Army wrote from his headquarters in Boston to Captain Isaac Hodsdon … The act, laying an Embargo will justify you in stopping every person or thing which you may find in motion for the enemys country and you will not fail to make every exertion for carrying it into full and complete effect.

Resolution By William And Mary Students In Regard To The Death Of William Nelson, Professor Of Law

1804–1813: William Nelson

At a meeting of the Students of Wm. and Mary College on the 8th Inst. the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.

We the Students of William & Mary College deeply impressed with a sense of our loss in the death of the late Hon. Judge Nelson, professor of Law in this college, and filled with sentiments of the highest veneration for the unparalleled virtues that adorned his private life, and with the utmost admiration of those talents and patriotic exertions which on pre-eminently distinguished him in his political services are anxious to pay to his memory the only …

In Re John Lewis Connor, July 18, 1812, Pennsylvania State Archives, Habeas Corpus 1809–1812

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In that case, the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court directed a writ of habeas corpus to the commander of a Navy gunboat in Philadelphia harbor calling for the production of Connor. The commander responded in a return of the same date that Connor was lawfully enlisted and continued, “I have here in Court the said John Connor ... to do and be subject to, whatsoever the Court shall consider in his behalf.” On consideration of the matter the Court remanded Connor to his commander.

[Joseph Hopkinson,] Considerations On The Ablition Of The Common Law In The United States 50-58 (Philadelphia, William P. Farrand And Co. 1809)

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Some authors (Hopkinson), building on Blackstone, pointed out that statutes would inevitably require interpretation.

Supreme Court Minute Book (Entries Of Feb. 16-20, 1807)

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With the prisoners present, the Court “fully examined and attentively considered,” on an item-by-item basis, “the testimony on which they were committed,” held it insufficient, and ordered their discharge.

Letter From Buckner Thurston To Harry Innes (Feb. 18, 1807)

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With the prisoners present, the Court “fully examined and attentively considered,” on an item-by-item basis, “the testimony on which they were committed,” held it insufficient, and ordered their discharge.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. M, At 347–51, New Hampshire State Archives - Gile V. Hilton

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A deputy sheriff seems to have seized a wrong tract of land. But ... it is plausible on the facts that he was unaware of the true ownership and ... the officer prevailed.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. O, Feb. 1799 - Sept. 1800, At 236–41, New Hampshire State Archives - Larkin V. Reid

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A deputy sheriff seems to have seized a wrong tract of land. But ... it is plausible on the facts that he was unaware of the true ownership and ... the officer prevailed.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. O, At 255–59, New Hampshire State Archives - Perley V. Webster

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The plaintiff claimed that one of Sheriff Webster’s deputies had been ordered to make a pendente lite attachment and had filed a return detailing the goods seized. But when Perley was granted final judgment, the goods were nowhere to be found.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. O, At 161–63, New Hampshire State Archives - Eastman V. Kelly,

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… a deputy sheriff pocketed the proceeds of a judgment on which he had executed, suit was brought against the sheriff, he entered a sham plea and defaulted on appeal, and the judgment creditor therefore prevailed.

Journal Of The Convention, Begun And Held At The Capitol In The Town Of Frankfort, On Monday The Twenty-Second Day Of July, In The Year Of Our Lord One Thousand, Seven Hundred And Ninety-Nine., Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1799)

Constitutional Conventions

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Signal-Book For The Ships Of War, Henry Edles

Special Collections (Miscellaneous)

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An Enquiry Whether The Act Of Congress Entitled "In Addition To The Act, Entitles An Act For The Punishment Of Certain Crimes Against The United States," Generally Called The Sedition Bill, Is Unconstitutional Or Not, William Nelson

Faculty Publications

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Georgia Constitution Of 1798 As Amended Through 1849, State Of Georgia

Current and Historical Georgia Constitutions & Related Materials

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Georgia Constitution Of 1798, State Of Georgia

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Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. N, Feb. 1797 - Sept. 1798, At 101-03, New Hampshire State Archives - Bartlett V. Reid

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George Reid, the Sheriff of New Hampshire’s Rockingham County, was sued twice within a few months because different ones of his deputies had failed to serve writs of execution, thereby causing losses to the judgment creditors.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. M, Sept. 1793 - Sept. 1796, At 494–96 - Warner V. Dame

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… recording 1796 lawsuit by Warner against Sheriff Dame alleging failure of Dame’s deputy to file writ of attachment he had served on debtor.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. M, Sept. 1793 - Sept 1796, At 377–79, New Hampshire State Archives - Willson V. Reid

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… lawsuit by Willson against Sheriff Reid alleging Reid’s deputy allowed a defendant in jail under attachment to escape.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. L, At 17–19, New Hampshire State Archives - Morey V. Webster

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This was an action brought by Morey against Deputy Sheriff Webster for carrying off one yoke of oxen and one yoke of steers. … resulting in a jury verdict for Webster.

Journal Of The First Constitutional Convention Of Kentucky, Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792)

Constitutional Conventions

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Plan For Conferring Degrees On The Students Of Law In The University Of William And Mary (Ca. 1792), St. George Tucker

1790–1804: St. George Tucker

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Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. L, Apr. 1789 - Apr. 1793, At 96 - Simpson V. Webster,

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Recording lawsuit by Simpson against Sheriff Webster alleging Webster allowed a defendant in jail for a judgment to escape.

Georgia Constitution Of 1789 As Amended Through 1795, State Of Georgia

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Habeas Corpus 1788–1790, Pennsylvania State Archives, Recording The Proceedings In The Summer Of 1788 Entitled Respublica V. Negroes Sam And John.

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One possibility was to petition for a writ of habeas corpus and thereby commence ordinary proceedings under that writ

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. J,, Sept. 1785 - Sept. 1788, At 267, New Hampshire State Archives - Marsh V. Hilton,

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Marsh won a jury verdict ordering that Hilton return the damages he had won and pay court costs. But Hilton objected that inasmuch as Marsh held a judgment payable in the prior legal tender he could not be ordered to pay it nor could the court tax costs. Lacking equitable powers the court was unwilling to make the appropriate alteration.

Judgment Book Of The Rockingham County Superior Court, Vol. J, At 380, New Hampshire State Archives - Lamson V. Tilton

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She (Lamson) was sued as admistratrix of her late husband’s estate for the balance due on a £50 note of hand after she had only been able to scrape together £27.15s. as a partial payment. She lost by default because the lawyer who was supposed to take care of it for her forgot about the matter.

The Case, Trevett Against Weeden

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Wherein the Rights of the People to Trial by Jury, &c. are dated and maintained, and the Legislative, Judiciary and Executive Powers of Government examined and denned.

An Act To Restore Elizabeth Lamson To Her Law

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She (Lamson) was sued as admistratrix of her late husband’s estate for the balance due on a £50 note of hand after she had only been able to scrape together £27.15s. as a partial payment. She lost by default because the lawyer who was supposed to take care of it for her forgot about the matter.