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Chafee, Jr.: The Blessings Of Liberty, Nathaniel Nathanson Jan 1957

Chafee, Jr.: The Blessings Of Liberty, Nathaniel Nathanson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Blessings of Liberty. By Zechariah Chafee, Jr.


Constitutional Law - Civil Rights Acts - Civil Liability Of State Officials Acting Withing Their Discretionary Powers, Charles B. Renfrew S.Ed. Mar 1956

Constitutional Law - Civil Rights Acts - Civil Liability Of State Officials Acting Withing Their Discretionary Powers, Charles B. Renfrew S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff was adjudged mentally ill by a county probate judge and ordered committed to a state mental hospital in November 1950. The commitment was made pursuant to a petition made out by the county deputy sheriff on the recommendation of a local attorney. In August of 1952, plaintiff was released from the state mental hospital. He then filed an action in the county circuit court to test the validity of his commitment. The circuit court found that the commitment was void, because of a failure by the authorities to comply with the applicable statutory requirements, and granted a permanent injunction …


Trial Of John R. Buzzell, Lemuel Shaw Ll.D. Dec 1833

Trial Of John R. Buzzell, Lemuel Shaw Ll.D.

The Trial of Buzzell

Trial of John R. Buzzell, The Leader of the Convent Rioters, for Arson and Burglary.

Committed on the Night of the 11th of August, 1834. By the Destruction of the Convent on Mount Benedict, in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Containing the Arguments of Counsel, Judges Charge, &c.

On the night August 11th, 1834 John R. Buzzell and eleven others were alleged to have broken into and ransacked the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Afterwards the mob set fire to the Convent, which subsequently left the Convent building a hollow shell of its former self. In early December of that …