No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon refusal to deliver up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in cases where there is strong presumption of fraud. A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure - Page 22by Thomas Welburn Hughes - 1919 - 764 pagesFull view - About this book
| Benjamin Perley Poore - Constitutional law - 1877 - 1054 pages
...strong presumption of fraud, shall neither be imprisoned nor continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as may be prescribed by law. REVENUE. SECTION 1. All revenue shall be raised by taxation, to be fixed... | |
| George Washington Greene - Rhode Island - 1877 - 406 pages
...presumption of fraud, ought not to be continued in prison, after he shall have delivered up his property for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. SEC. 12. Wo ax pott facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be. passed.... | |
| Education - 1889 - 746 pages
...and seizures. SEC. 8. Offences shall be prosecuted criminally by indictment or information. SEC. 12. No person shall be imprisoned for debt unless upon...refusal to deliver up his estate for the benefit of creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in cases of tort, or where there is strong... | |
| Chicago (Ill.) - Chicago (Ill.) - 1881 - 876 pages
...shall any person be transported out of the state for any offense committed within the same. § 12. No person shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon...; or in cases where there is strong presumption of fraud. § 13. Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation.... | |
| Timothy Walker - Law - 1882 - 850 pages
...where there is not strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law." The design of the act is to exempt insolvent debtors from imprisonment, on account of any... | |
| Edwin Corydon Crawford - Illinois - 1882 - 128 pages
...nor shall any person be transported out of the State for any offense com in itted within the same. his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by aw; or in cases where there is strong presumption of fraud. 13. Private property shall not betaken... | |
| William Law Murfree - Sheriffs - 1884 - 782 pages
...Illinois. — In Illinois, by constitutional provision,3 no person can be imprisoned for debt except upon refusal to deliver up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, * * * or in cases for which there is a strong presumption of fraud. An execution against the body may... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1170 pages
...shall be imprisoned for debt, unless upon the refusal to deliver up .his estate for the benefit of bis creditors in such manner as shall be prescribed by law, or in cases of tort, or where there is a strong presumption of fraud." Article 2, § 12, Const. The facts stated... | |
| Law - 1886 - 528 pages
...where there is not a strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law." The 17th section of the Act of June 17, 1836, is therefore unconstitutional and void : Commonwealth... | |
| George Brubaker Kulp, Joseph D. Coons, Wesley E. Woodruff - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 576 pages
...where there is not a strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law." The I7th section of the act of June 17, 1836, is therefore unconstitutional and void. Com.... | |
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