Bench and Bar in California: History, Anecdotes, ReminiscencesBiographies and histories of judges and attorneys in nineteenth century California. |
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... duty , and , in consequence , such was the inflamed state of the public mind , the eloquent old man suddenly found himself like a stranger in a strange land . Day after day the newspapers poured out their wrath upon his head . He stood ...
... duty , and , in consequence , such was the inflamed state of the public mind , the eloquent old man suddenly found himself like a stranger in a strange land . Day after day the newspapers poured out their wrath upon his head . He stood ...
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... duty is generally shirked , because it is hard work , and is unjustly regarded as merely manual . Successful lawyers usually turn aside from the clerical details of their busi- ness . In McAllister this habit of which we speak is in ...
... duty is generally shirked , because it is hard work , and is unjustly regarded as merely manual . Successful lawyers usually turn aside from the clerical details of their busi- ness . In McAllister this habit of which we speak is in ...
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... duties of the place , and having since he first occupied the office attained considerable reputation and wealth . The most important trial in which he appeared was that of Mrs. Fair , charged with the murder of the prominent lawyer ...
... duties of the place , and having since he first occupied the office attained considerable reputation and wealth . The most important trial in which he appeared was that of Mrs. Fair , charged with the murder of the prominent lawyer ...
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... duties of that position , he exhibited rare and admirable qualities . In that branch of professional learning peculiarly ... duty ; as a man , he was unasuming , true and unselfish . It is ordered that the proceedings of this occasion be ...
... duties of that position , he exhibited rare and admirable qualities . In that branch of professional learning peculiarly ... duty ; as a man , he was unasuming , true and unselfish . It is ordered that the proceedings of this occasion be ...
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... duty are his watch words . In investigation he dives to the bottom and explores with rare patience and application . He always made it a habit to investigate thoroughly whatever might be the subject of his study . His staying qualities ...
... duty are his watch words . In investigation he dives to the bottom and explores with rare patience and application . He always made it a habit to investigate thoroughly whatever might be the subject of his study . His staying qualities ...
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Page 352 - THE splendour falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear ! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going ! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying : Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O love, they...
Page 326 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 393 - I will abstain from all offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which I am...
Page 392 - To employ, for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to him, such means only as are consistent with truth, and never...
Page 494 - In the following cases the agreement is invalid, unless the same or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, and subscribed by the party charged, or by his agent.
Page 445 - For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind...
Page 40 - Pennsylvania moved as an amendment the proviso "that, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 208 - Probable cause" has been defined as a reasonable ground of suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offense with which he is charged.
Page 290 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear...
Page 19 - I too am a wave on a stormy sea; I too am a wanderer, driven like thee; I too am seeking a distant land To be lost and gone ere I reach the strand; For the land I seek is a waveless shore, And they who once reach it shall wander no more.