| William Tudor - 1823 - 544 pages
...the same manner I rely on it, that the writ prayed for in this petition, being general, is illegal. It is a power, that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer. I say I admit that special writs of assistance, to search special places, may be granted to certain... | |
| Jared Sparks - 1844 - 436 pages
...the same manner, I rely on it, that the writ prayed for in this petition, being general, is illegal. It is a power that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer. I say, I admit that special writs of assistance, to search special places, may be granted to certain... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1919 - 800 pages
...and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English lawbook," since "they placed the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer." In a letter to William Tudor written March 29, 1817 (Life and Works of John Adams, Vol. 10, page 244),... | |
| 1857 - 668 pages
...the same manner I rely on it, that the writ prayed for in this petition, being general, is illegal. It is a power that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer. • Otis had lately been occupying the office of Advócate General of the Crown, and bad resigned because... | |
| 1857 - 610 pages
...the same manner I rely on it, that the writ prayed for in this petition, being general, is illegal. t effectually secured against the dunger of mal-administration, and that whenever any •Otii had lately been occupying the office of Advocate fewrslof the Crown, and bad resigned because... | |
| Frank Moore - 1859 - 618 pages
...In the same manner I rely on it, that the writ grayed for in this petition, being general, is legal. of fatal tendency. They serv • Otia bad lately been occupying tha office of Advocate General of the Crown, and bad resigned because... | |
| John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 1865 - 580 pages
...the same manner I rely on it, that the writ prayed for in this petition, being general, is illegal. It is a power, that places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer. I say I admit that special writs of assistance, to search special places, may be granted to certain... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 pages
...the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law-book " ; since they placed " the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer." l All these matters are now a long way in the past ; but it has not been deemed unwise to repeat in... | |
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