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Georgia Bar Association. 589 REPORT Print OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION HELD AT ATLANTA , GEORGIA , August 3rd and 4th , 1887 . ATLANTA , GEORGIA : BYRD & PATTILLO , PRINTERS , 13 AND 15 EAST HUNTER STREET ...
Georgia Bar Association. 589 REPORT Print OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION HELD AT ATLANTA , GEORGIA , August 3rd and 4th , 1887 . ATLANTA , GEORGIA : BYRD & PATTILLO , PRINTERS , 13 AND 15 EAST HUNTER STREET ...
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... meeting of the Associa- tion will be opened , and I now call the meeting to order . Mr. W. R. Hammond : Mr. President , I learn that our distinguished visitor , Judge Cooley , is in the city , and I move that a committee of three be ...
... meeting of the Associa- tion will be opened , and I now call the meeting to order . Mr. W. R. Hammond : Mr. President , I learn that our distinguished visitor , Judge Cooley , is in the city , and I move that a committee of three be ...
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... meeting and adjourning are fixed ? Mr. Dessau : Only the hour of meeting this afternoon . and the hour of meeting to - night were fixed , but the com- mittee did not fix the hour for adjournment , because it might not be practicable to ...
... meeting and adjourning are fixed ? Mr. Dessau : Only the hour of meeting this afternoon . and the hour of meeting to - night were fixed , but the com- mittee did not fix the hour for adjournment , because it might not be practicable to ...
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... meeting of the Association by a majority vote of those present . " Here we are in a meeting . Two gentlemen have , in good faith , contested for these prizes , and for the lack of a third contestant appearing at this time , we do not ...
... meeting of the Association by a majority vote of those present . " Here we are in a meeting . Two gentlemen have , in good faith , contested for these prizes , and for the lack of a third contestant appearing at this time , we do not ...
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... meeting should be continued until the next meeting , and that the Executive Committee should invite other persons to sub- mit essays upon that subject , and that , when all the essays were in , including those that have already been ...
... meeting should be continued until the next meeting , and that the Executive Committee should invite other persons to sub- mit essays upon that subject , and that , when all the essays were in , including those that have already been ...
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Page 110 - In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing can fail ; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who moulds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.
Page 146 - ... on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or proceeding, civil or criminal, in any court, or before any judge, jury, sheriff, coroner, magistrate, officer, or person having, by law or by consent of parties, authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence...
Page 136 - On this day of , 19 , before me appeared AB, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed), did say that he is the president (or other officer or agent of the corporation or association) of (describing the corporation or association), and that...
Page 46 - I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.
Page 136 - ... the seal affixed to said instrument is the corporate seal of said corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed in behalf of said corporation by authority of its board of directors, and said AB acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.
Page 103 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Page 147 - But nothing herein contained shall render any person who, in any criminal proceeding, is charged with the commission of any indictable offence, or any offence punishable on summary conviction, competent or compellable to give evidence for or against himself or herself, or shall render any person compellable to answer any question^ tending to criminate himself or herself...
Page 112 - Sir James Hales was dead ; and how came he to his death ? It may be -answered, by drowning. And who drowned him ? Sir James Hales. And when did he drown him ? In his lifetime. So that Sir James Hales, being alive, caused Sir James Hales to die ; and the act of the living man was the death of the dead man. And then for this offence it is reasonable to punish the living man who committed the offence, and not the dead man.
Page 161 - Would that the spirit of the illustrious dead whom we lament to-day could speak from the grave to both parties to this deplorable discord in tones which should reach each and every heart throughout this broad territory: " My countrymen! know one another, and you will love one another.
Page 50 - He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant for his notice which is not too insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind.