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" And any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his private books and papers, to convict him of crime, or to forfeit his property, is contrary to the principles of a free government. It is abhorrent to the instincts... "
Albany Law Journal - Page 238
1892
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 204

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
...Considering the compulsory production of papers it was said: "And any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his...American. It may suit the purposes of despotic power; but it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political liberty and personal freedom." The Adams Case...
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The Federal Reporter

1925 - 1124 pages
...convict the party of a crime, or to forfeit his property. And any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his...American. It may suit the purposes of despotic power, but it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political liberty and personal freedom." It is clear, therefore,...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 145-146

1906 - 2090 pages
...construing the fourth amendment in connection with the fifth that "any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his...contrary to the principles of a free government." Under the fifth amendment, therefore, it would seem that the party invoking its aid by way of claiming...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 153-154

1907 - 2136 pages
...compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath or compelling the production of his private books aiid papers to convict him of crime, or to forfeit his...contrary to the principles of a free government." Elsewhere in the opinion, the court said: ''It is our opinion, therefore, that a compulsory production...
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The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad ...

Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1883 - 762 pages
...goods. The conrt, speaking by Mr. Justice Bradley, said : "Any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his...abhorrent to the instincts of an American. It may suit the purpose of despotic power ; but it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political liberty and personal...
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Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 12

United States. Supreme Court - 1892 - 1066 pages
...BRADLEY, (page 631, 116 US, and page 533, 6 Sop. Ct. Rep.:) "And any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his private books and papers, to convict him of crime, orto forfeit his property, is contrary to the principles of a free government. It is abhorrent to the...
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Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 6

United States. Supreme Court - 1886 - 1238 pages
...any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling theg production of his*private books and papers, to convict him of crime, or to»...American. It may suit the purposes of despotic power, but it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political liberty and personal freedom. It is proper to...
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The South Western Reporter, Volume 259

1924 - 1232 pages
...considering the compulsory production of .papers, held : "And any compulsory discovery by exhorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his...American. It may suit the purposes of despotic power; bot it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political liberty and personal freedom." In Youmen v. Commonwealth,...
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The Courts of the United States Cannot be Made Mere Aids to a Commission of ...

United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit), Stephen Johnson Field - 1887 - 72 pages
...goods. The Court, speaking by Mr. Justice Bradley, said : " Any compulsory discovery by extorting the party's oath, or compelling the production of his...abhorrent to the instincts of an American. It may suit the purpose of despotic power ; but it cannot abide the pure atmosphere of political liberty and personal...
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Congressional Serial Set

1887 - 770 pages
...property, is contrary to the principies of free government. It is abhorrent to the in!-tiu<:te of ail Englishman ; it is abhorrent, to the instincts of an American. It may salt the purpose of despotic power, but it cannot abide the «~ ' •> of political liberty aud personal...
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