| Henry Wilson - 1877 - 814 Seiten
...the close of the session in 1864 Mr. Sumner moved to amend the Civil Appropriation Bill by adding " that in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witnesses on account of color." Objections were made by Mr. Sherman, who approved of the principle,... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Henry Clifford - 1878 - 766 Seiten
...subjects. The next provision in the acts of Congress was that passed on the 2d of July, 1865, which was, " that in the courts of the United States there shall...be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in any civil actions, because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried." 13 Stat. at... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1878 - 808 Seiten
...brethren. The proviso to the third section of the Civil Appropriation Act of July 2, 1864, declares, that "in the courts of the United States there shall...be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." 13 Stat. 351. Prior... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - 1880 - 746 Seiten
...the premises." . The third section of the Civil Appropriation Act July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. L., 351), enacted that — " In the courts of the United States...be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor, in civil actions, becanse he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." In an early and... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis - 1880 - 362 Seiten
...dollars for the trial and punishment of persons engaged in counterfeiting treasury notes : " Provided, That, in the courts of the United States, there shall...be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried." That swept away,... | |
| 1881 - 956 Seiten
...witnesses in the courts of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity, and admiralty: provided, that in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness * * * in civil actions because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." Under the statute... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1885 - 1302 Seiten
...for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1865, it is declared, "That in the courts of the United States there shall...be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor incivil actions,because he is a party to or interested in fhe issue tried." 13 Slat., at L., 351.... | |
| Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1882 - 902 Seiten
...in the courts of the United States, in trials at common law, in equity, and admiralty," " provided, that in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness * * * in civil actions because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried." Under the statute... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 676 Seiten
...case of Green v. US 9 Wall. 655. It was there held that the act of July 2, 1864, which enacts that in courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness in civil actions, "because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried;" and the amendatory act... | |
| 1891 - 1148 Seiten
...are known as "criminal actions." Referring to the act of congress of July 2, 18(14, which declares "that in the courts of the United States there shall...be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions because he is a party to or intereeted In the Issue to be tried." Mr. Justice... | |
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