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# United States v. James H Britton and Barton Bates/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
108 U.S. 207
United States v. James H Britton and Barton Bates
No. 410 Argued: October 1882, Decided April 1883. ---
v.
JAMES H. BRITTON AND BARTON BATES.
No. 410.
Argued October 1882, Decided April 1883.
In case No. 410, (UNITED STATES v. JAMES H. BRITTON and
BARTON BATES,) on certificate of division in opinion from the same
court, the indictment contained five counts, all substantially
What we have said in reference to the indictment in case
applies to the indictment in this case. As the indictment is bad,
and no good indictment can be framed upon the facts as they appear
therein, it is unnecessary and we decline to answer the specific

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# United States v. Jackson (390 U.S. 570)/Dissent White

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United States Supreme Court
390 U.S. 570
United States v. Jackson (390 U.S. 570)
Argued: Dec. 7, 1967. --- Decided: April 8, 1968
Mr. Justice WHITE, with whom Mr. Justice BLACK joins, dissenting.
The Court strikes down a provision of the Federal Kidnaping Act which authorizes only the jury to impose the death penalty. No question is raised about the death penalty itself or about the propriety of jury participation in its imposition, but confining the power to impose the death penalty to the jury alone is held to burden impermissibly the right to a jury trial because it may either coerce or encourage persons to plead guilty or to waive a jury and be tried by the judge. In my view, however, if the vice of the provision is that it may interfere with the free choice of the defendant to have his guilt or innocence determined by a jury, the Court needlessly invalidates a major portion of an Act of Congress. The Court itself says that not every plea of guilty or waiver of jury trial would be influenced by the power of the jury to impose the death penalty. If this is so, I would not hold the provision unconstitutional but would reverse the judgment, making it clear that pleas of guilty and waivers of jury trial should be carefully examined before they are accepted, in order to make sure that they have been neither coerced nor encouraged by the death penalty power in the jury.
Because this statute may be properly interpreted so as to avoid constitutional questions, I would not take the first step toward invalidation of statutes on their face because they arguably burden the right to jury trial.

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# United States v. Jacobs

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United States Supreme Court
306 U.S. 363
United States v. Jacobs
Argued: Feb. 2, 1939. --- Decided: Feb 27, 1939
No. 391:
The Attorney General, and Mr. Norman D. Keller, of Washington, D.C., for the United States.
Mr. Hugh W. McCulloch, of Chicago, Ill., for respondent.
No. 482:
Mr. E. J. Dimock, of New York City, for petitioner.
Mr. Norman D. Keller, of Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States v. Jahn

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United States Supreme Court
155 U.S. 109
United States v. Jahn
August 15, 1890, G. A. Jahn & Co. imported into New York some casks of molasses, which on the 28th of that month they withdrew from warehouse, and exported to Montreal for the benefit of the drawback. Upon such withdrawal and exportation, the collector of customs at New York exacted a charge of 10 cents per cask for gauging the molasses under the provisions of section 3023 of the Revised Statutes. The importers protested against the charge for gauging, claiming that it had been abolished by the twenty-second section of the act entitled 'An act to simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenue,' approved June 10, 1890 (26 Stat. 131, 140, c. 407).
The matter was duly taken before the board of general appraisers, which sustained the action of the collector, and the importers appealed to the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of New York. The circuit court reversed the decision of the board of general appraisers, and held that the gauging charge exacted by the coltector had been abolished. Thereupon the United States appealed to the circuit court of appeals, and assigned for error that the circuit court erred in reversing the decision of the board of general appraisers, for the reason that the decision of the board was final and conclusive, and that the circuit court had no jurisdiction to make any decree or order in said proceeding. The jurisdiction of the circuit court was first challenged upon the appeal. The circuit court of appeals certified to this court the question: 'Whether the United States circuit court had jurisdiction to hear and determine the questions of law and of fact involved in said decision of the board of general appraisers.'
Sol. Gen. Maxwell, for the United States.
Edwin B. Smith, for defendants.
Mr. Chief Justice FULLER, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.

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# United States v. James H Britton and Barton Bates

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United States Supreme Court
108 U.S. 207
United States v. James H Britton and Barton Bates
No. 410 Argued: October 1882, Decided April 1883. ---

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# United States v. Janowitz

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United States Supreme Court
257 U.S. 42
United States v. Janowitz
Argued: and Submitted Oct. 20, 1921. --- Decided: Nov 7, 1921
Mr. Wm. C. Herron, of Washington, D. C., for the United States.
Mr. Jonah J. Goldstein, of New York City, for defendants in error.
Mr. Justice McKENNA delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 63

Chap. LXIII.—An Act to provide for reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court.
Reporter to receive 1,000 dolls. per annum. Proviso; decisions to be printed and published within six months, &c. Eighty copies to be delivered to the Secretary of State. Distribution of the eighty copies, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reporter who shall, from time to time, be appointed by the Supreme Court of the United States, to report its decisions, shall be entitled to receive, from the treasury of the United States, as an annual compensation for his services, the sum of one thousand dollars: Provided, nevertheless, The said compensation shall not be paid unless the said reporter shall print and publish, or cause to be printed and published, the decisions of said court, made during the time he shall act as such reporter, within six months after such decisions shall be made, and shall deliver eighty copies of the decisions, so printed and published, to the Secretary of State, without any expense to the United States, and which copies shall be distributed as follows, to wit: to the President of the United States, the judges of the Supreme Court, and the judges of the district courts, the attorney general of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the comptroller of the treasury, the Postmaster General, the commissioner for the revenue, the commissioner of the general land office, the judges of the several territories of the United States, the secretary of the Senate, the clerk of the House of Representatives, the auditor of the treasury, the register of the treasury, the treasurer of the United States, the paymaster general, the accountants of the War and Navy Departments, and to the commissioners of the navy, one copy each: and the residue of said copies shall be deposited in, and become part of, the library of Congress.
Copies distributed to be delivered up to successors, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That, in case of the death, resignation, or dismission from office, of either of the officers before mentioned, the said copies of the decisions, delivered to them as aforesaid, shall belong to, and be delivered up to, their respective successors, in the said offices.
This act in force for three years.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be, and continue in force for three years, and no longer.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 69

Chap. LXIX.—An Act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to cause repayments to be made of certain alien duties.
Discriminating duties paid on British vessels, from the 17th Aug. to 22d Dec. 1815, to be repaid, &c. Exception.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby directed to cause to be repaid, or remitted, all alien or discriminating duties, either upon tonnage or merchandise imported, in respect to all British vessels which have been entered in ports of the United States at any time between the seventeenth of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, and the twenty-second of December in the same year, excepting only such duties as may have been paid or secured on the tonnage of ships, or upon the merchandise imported therein, which ships have been entered in the United States from a colony or district, into or with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to enter and trade.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 85

Chap. LXXXV.—An Act to repeal so much of any acts now in force as authorize a loan of money, or an issue of Treasury notes.
Acts authorizing loans, &c. repealed.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of any act, or ​acts, of Congress as authorizes the President of the United States to borrow money on the credit of the United States, and to cause certificates of stock to be issued for [money] so borrowed, be, and the same is hereby repealed;Proviso; as to securities for money heretofore borrowed. Provided, always, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to invalidate, or in any way affect, any securities or claims for money heretofore borrowed under the said acts.
Acts authorizing treasury notes to be issued, repealed. Proviso; as to right of holders, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That so much of any act, or acts, of Congress as authorizes the President of the United States to cause treasury notes to be prepared, signed and issued, be, and the same is hereby repealed; Provided, always, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to affect the rights of any persons who may be the holders of treasury notes already issued.
So much of the act, mentioned, as authorizes a reissue of the treasury notes, repealed. Feb. 24, 1815, ch. 56.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, entitled “An act to authorize the issuing of treasury notes for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,” as makes it lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury to cause the treasury notes, [in] cases therein mentioned, to be re-issued and applied anew to the same purposes, and in the same manner, as when originally issued, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Treasury notes now, or which may become, the property of the United States to be cancelled.Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all the treasury notes which are now, or shall hereafter become, the property of the United States, (from reimbursement, purchase, exchange, or receipts, on account of taxes, duties, and demands,) shall be cancelled or destroyed at such times, and under such regulations and securities, as the commissioners of the sinking fund, with the approbation of the President, shall establish and determine.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 60

Chap. LX.—An Act to amend and explain “An act giving pensions to the orphans and widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of the United States.”
Act of March 4, 1814, ch. 20. Widows, &c. of officers and men in the navy entitled to half pay for five years, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That if any officer, seaman, or marine, belonging to the navy of the United States shall die, or shall have died, since the eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one ​thousand eight hundred and twelve, in consequence of disease contracted, or of casualties or injuries received, while in the line of his duty, and which shall be satisfactorily proved to the commissioner of the navy pension fund, leaving a widow, or if no widow, a child or children, under sixteen years of age, such widow, or if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death,If the widow dies or marries, the half pay goes to the children. Proviso; as to the cessation of the half pay. The provisions of this act extended. March 3, 1819, ch. 81. which allowance shall continue for the term of five years; but in case of the death or intermarriage of such widow, before the expiration of the said term of five years, the half pay for the remainder of the term, shall go to the child or children of the deceased: Provided, That such half pay shall cease on the death of such child of children. And the money required for this purpose shall be paid out of the navy pension fund, under the direction of the commissioners of that fund.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 65

Chap. LXV.—An Act to fix the peace establishment of the marine corps.
Number of officers and men. Act of April 16, 1814, ch. 58.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the peace establishment of the marine corps shall consist of the following officers, ​non-commissioned officers, musicians and privates, viz: one lieutenant colonel commandant, nine captains, twenty-four first lieutenants, sixteen second lieutenants, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster and one quartermaster, to be taken from the said captains and lieutenants, seventy-three corporals, forty-two drums and fifes, and seven hundred and fifty privates.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States cause the provisions of this act to be carried into effect on the first day of April next,Supernumerary officers to be discharged, &c. or as soon thereafter as circumstances will admit, and cause any supernumerary officers to be discharged from the service of the United States; and to all persons so discharged, there shall be paid three months’ additional pay.
The President may appoint any of the officers in the recess.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States may, in the recess of the Senate, appoint any of the officers authorized by this act, which appointments shall be submitted to the Senate at their next session, for their advice and consent.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 67

Chap. LXVII.—An Act making an appropriation for opening and cutting out a road therein described.
4,000 dolls. appropriated for cutting out a road agreeably to the survey, &c. of Johnson and Dickson. Under direction of the Secretary of War.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of four thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated, and payable out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of opening and cutting out a road from Reynoldsburg, on Tennessee river, in the state of Tennessee, through the Chickasaw nation, to intersect the Natchez road near the south end of the Chickasaw old town, agreeable to the survey and marked lines heretofore made by Messrs. Johnson and Dickson, commissioners, appointed by the President of the United States; and that the opening of said road shall be under the direction of the Secretary of War.
Approved, March 3, 1817.
# United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/14th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 7

Chap. VII.—An Act making a partial appropriation for the subsistence of the army during the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
40,000 dolls. appropriated.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That towards the subsistence of the army for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, there be appropriated the sum of four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 22, 1817.
# Verses (Baughan)/Forgiven

FORGIVEN
O Bliss too exquisite for song! I am at peace, my pain is past. For Nature, holy, sweet and strong, Hath drawn me back to her at last.
Mother! Loose not thy dear embrace From thy poor passionate child again! I could not even dream thy face In that wild agony of pain.
But, now!—The clouds are roll’d away, The moon looks lovingly from Heaven. Thousands of tender voices say, “Rest now, poor soul! Thou art forgiven!”
# Verses (Baughan)/Ireland

IRELAND
Land of the hidden sun, Poor land of pensive skies, —Between whose long grey lids Glide out long golden eyes:
Land of tyrannic cloud, —Betray’d by peeping blue, Where, from her huddled rags, The native Heaven laughs thro’:
Land of drear noons, with roof And quaking walls of rain, —Issuing on royal eves, Pure fire without one stain:
God spread and spread thy light, God thrust thy clouds apart, Land of the tear-fill’d eyes, Land of the laughing heart!
# Verses (Baughan)/February

FEBRUARY
# Verses (Baughan)/Golden-Mouth

GOLDEN-MOUTH
Out of the streets I went my way One grey-ey’d January day. Suddenly, as I stroll’d along, A wayside throstle burst out in song.
Long, long months my weary mind Had conn’d the griefs of humankind; Care had had my heart to school, And sear’d it with her iron rule.
But oh! what’s this—this strange unrest? Is the heart turning in my breast? Oh, mercy! is it joy or pain Lets the tears rush into my eyes again?
​And are these wings, my spirit feels? And are wings growing at my heels? Something touches me! something gleams! The air is quick with resurgent dreams!
For, “Love! Love and Life! Oh, back to you! Trouble’s a lie, but ye are true!”— Now, praise and thanks to my brother the bird— This was he singing; this I heard!
# Verses (Baughan)/Five Prayers

FIVE PRAYERS
To taste Wild wine of the mountain-spring, fresh, living, strong, Running and rushing like a triumph-song Round hearts new-braced:
To smell A growing cowslip, some glad morn of Spring, And breathe the breath of every fragrant thing From every bell:
To touch A sliding wavelet, supple, smooth and thin,— Just ere the pois’d and perfect crests begin To bend too much:
​To hear Amid May twilight, by the murmuring sea, Some blackbird warbling from a budded tree, Tender and clear:
To see Down young rose-petals how the deepening light Glides gradually, till, somewhere out of sight, What light must be!—
O Thou, intense Rapture of Beauty! All-pervading Lord! Is not this worship? So art Thou ador’d By every sense!
# Verses (Baughan)/Gaffer’s Last Journey

GAFFER’S LAST JOURNEY
The cart is ready; come! . . . Oh, is it true? Gaffer, dear Gaffer, can’t you hear me cry? Must the old place call out, instead of you, “Good-bye”?
Ah, sure, ’tis only market-day at Shere; We’ve only tuck’d you in all snug to go With Polly that you’ve harness’d, Gaffer, dear. . . . No! no!
Never again you’ll yoke her at the door! Never, but this once, take the market-track! And oh! you’ll never, never any more Come back!
​. . . You’re all alone. Tho’ we trudge on beside (All of us but poor Pincher), one by one, And Granny often stumbles: yet you ride Alone.
. . . You need no gaiters, tho’ the roads be mire; Your old blue cloak’s at home, despite the rain; We needn’t be afraid you’ll ever tire Again.
. . . ’Tis market-day, we're all for Shere, and yet There’s not one word among so many souls. But, straight ahead, a bell one can’t forget Tolls, tolls. . . .
Stop, yon’s the village! Lay the holly-greens Upon the lid . . . lift him . . . with bated breath Bear him along, and reverence! Oh, this means Death!
​Gaffer! this change to you that shrank from change, That liked things every-day, not new and odd! Oh, do not let him find Heaven very strange, Please, God!
# Verses (Baughan)/Hill Dutiful

HILL DUTIFUL
[“ . . . Since it is the will of God that thou shouldst learn to hear tribulation without consolation. . . .” Imitation of Christ.]
# Verses (Baughan)/Home

HOME
I
Back from the world of strangers, From exile drear I come. It is as tho’ these mountains Had been my earliest home.
For all the pines and pastures, And all the snows above, And all the blue beyond them, Sing; and their song is Love.
And all the peasant-faces Are brother-faces to me; For this is Home—with Nature, And love, and liberty!
II
The First Night
As I lay last night musing, A sweet and subtle sense O’erspread my heart, like music Contenting long suspense.
I felt as a little bud may, On the topmost twig of a tree Held up amid the moonlight God’s open sky to see.
All my harsh cares grew tender, My heavy cares grew light, When Nature came to my bedside And kiss’d her child “good-night!”
III
The First Morning
The sun rushes in at my lattice, And kisses the white walls gold; Into my heart he rushes, And kisses away the cold.
The trees are ringing with rapture; The rivulet, blithe as they, With bubbles of song is splashing The little laughing Day.
And there’s clean, clean breath for every one, There’s the breath of life for me! For the city is turn’d to country, And the prose to poesy!
# Verses (Baughan)/Dives and Lazarus

DIVES AND LAZARUS
I wander thro’ the streets, and see The poor man and the rich; But I am sure that God alone Knows rightly which is which.—
—There was an old man once, who bore A tray of wither’d fruit; It snow’d; and people hurried by, Deaf to his quavering suit.
Last, by a lit wide-window’d shop With doubled prayers he plied One who, alas! like all the rest Unheeding, pushed inside,
​Where the pinch’d face against the glass Might watch him fling down gold For a few flowers, that all would be Dust ere the week was old.
Then turned the beggar to the cur That shivering by him stood: “Ay, Mick! yon lad has gold for flowers; We haven’t pence for food!”
But ah! those instant-lifted eyes, How loving, patient, true! Till Love in those down-cast cried out “Right, friend! I have got you!”
—He of the rare load, coming home, Upon a cold still bed Cast it, with tears. He, too, had had One friend. She lay there, dead.
​—I wander through the streets, and see The poor man and the rich, And sure I am that God alone Knows rightly which is which!