The Southern people must submit, not to the dictation of the North, but to the Nation's will and to the verdict of mankind.
The first verdict we got and attempted to enforce, there would be a riot, or threatened riot, and then we would have to fall back on the Military.
But the jurors, being neighbors of the injured man and cognizant of all the facts, resolved to do justice, and accordingly without much delay returned a verdict for $3,500 damages.
Continuing, she said: "I have no excuse but surprise and fear, which I believe my Jury must make use of to excuse their verdict to the world.
The only evidence adduced against them was their own confessions, and because of the nature of these a verdict of guilty was rendered.
It was her course and conduct after she had entered the profession, and the nature of the plays in which she appeared and the parts which she allowed herself to present, that determined the public verdict with regard to her.
They know not shame, nor what it is to blush,' is the verdictof Chuang Tzuu upon them.
And if, according to Lord Beaconsfield, the verdict of a continental nation may be regarded as that of posterity, Wilde is a much greater force in our literature than even friendly contemporaries ever supposed he would become.
The special jury are severally called in to occupy the right-hand shelf; and when the cupboard is quite full, all the forms of returning a verdict are gone through.
The jury, without retiring from the box, returned a verdict of "Damages One Farthing!
And oh, may your verdict still entitle you to the blissful confidence of that divine, purpureal sex, the fairest floral specimens of which I see before me!
Comprehending the logic of their organization, the Chinese made their monarchs' tenure of authority depend upon the verdict of the nation.
Plain unvarnished history takes the romance out of Captain Cook's assassination, and renders a deliberate verdict of justifiable homicide.
Yet the jury brought in the astounding verdict that deceased came to his death "by the hands of some person or persons unknown!
The jury, with some hesitation, found a verdictof Guilty.
It was soon known that the jury were agreed: but what the verdict would be was still a secret.
The injustice of the verdict was so gross that the very courtiers cried shame.
He had felt that a verdict which should acquit his clients, without condemning the Declaration of Indulgence, would be but half a victory.
George Stephenson’s first verdictof “It won’t do,” was thus conclusively confirmed.
The jury retired to consider their verdict shortly after 7 o'clock, and on returning into court after the lapse of about a quarter of an hour they gave in a verdict of guilty against all of the four prisoners.
The court was packed, the corridors crowded, and when the jury came in with their verdict the suppressed excitement found vent.
That is why Fuller and Moore a century later could damn enclosure in one sentence and qualify their verdict in the next.
The mere fact that its ruling is not simply the verdict of a court but the command of the Government, increases the probability that it will receive due attention from those whose duty it is to enforce it.
The notorious difficulty of getting a verdict from a jury of tenants who are liable to eviction means that a landlord can break the law with impunity.
The slavery question, thus sharply presented, was decided at the polls by the people, and their verdict was for freedom in the Territories.
Waller’s verdict shows that we do precisely the same thing in the same circumstances.
Major Waller received the verdict that he had acted “in accordance with the rules of war, the orders of his superior, and the military exigencies of the situation.
Just the verdict that I expected," Mr. Pettigrew said, as he and the ladies issued from the courthouse.
The jury, however, adopted the view of the coroner that hair, however soft, when cut close to the skull will appear more or less bristly, and gave a verdict to the effect that the body was that of Walter Rivington.
Thank you, gentlemen; that is precisely the verdict that I should myself have given.
In Georgia there are none but common-law courts, and an appeal of course lies from the verdict of one jury to another, which is called a special jury, and for which a particular mode of appointment is marked out.
Who would be willing to stake his life and his estate upon the verdict of a jury acting under the auspices of judges who had predetermined his guilt?
I may remark that the jury were inclined to find a verdict of guilty, and after the first speech of the Judge, the capital sentence seemed almost certain.
Then the camp gradually grew silent, and all sat and waited under the stars for the verdict of life or death.
No one asked; but those waiting faces listened as for a verdict of life and death.
And what possessed her that she should think of him again and again; that she should wonder what his verdict would be on those vague thoughts of compromise?
Let the verdict on the wisdom of those months of stolid endurance be what it may, that fact remains.
If we had not given theverdict for the Huzoors there would have been more of us in jail.
Several sailors stood about the door, awaiting, in silent anxiety, for the verdict of the doctor, who was even now examining Philip's injuries.
They gave a long night's deliberation to the question, and then brought in a verdict that they would extend Nancy's rights for another year.
If I have my way the verdict of this examination will be a testimonial of some substantial nature to be given to a very generous-hearted old lady," the counsel said, shaking her hand warmly.
In the verdict of history, the great Marquis of Montrose, whether right or wrong in his political views, lived and died like a man of honour.
Every insult hurled at Montrose has returned in the verdict of time with redoubled force against the malice of those who stooped to such vindictiveness.
Now, in all of the courts, he has the influence of white men to aid him, and rarely is an unjust verdict rendered against him.
His wife says: "He did not pass very high in his class; but he attached no significance to class standing, and considered the favorable verdict of his classmates of much more importance.
The Catholic peers and gentlemen of England, who had held aloof from the Established Church, waiting ad illud tempus for a religious revolution, accepted the verdict of Providence.
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