In order that the system of penal law in force in this state may be complete within itself, and that no system of foreign laws, written or unwritten, may be appealed to, it is declared that no person shall be punished for any act or omission, unless the... The Book of Texas - Pàgina 440per Harry Yandell Benedict, John Avery Lomax - 1916 - 448 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Charles B. Pearre - 1872 - 164 pàgines
...offences by proclamation, Article III, " In order that the penal law in force in this State may be ample within itself, and that no system of foreign laws,...no person shall be punished for any act or omission as a penal offence, unless the same is expressly defined and the penalty affixed by the written law... | |
| Texas. Supreme Court - 1874 - 728 pàgines
...code (Article 1605, Paschal' s Digest) seems to exclude this idea in its terms. It reads as follows : "In order that the system of penal law in force in...no person shall be punished for any act or omission as a penal offense unless the same is expressly defined and the penalty affixed by the written law... | |
| Texas. Court of Appeals - 1880 - 742 pàgines
...offence against the laws of the State, and to affix to each its proper punishment." Again, art. 3 : "In order that the system of penal law in force in...no person shall be punished for any act or omission as a penal offence unless the same is expressly defined and the penalty affixed by the written laws... | |
| John Davison Lawson - 1885 - 988 pàgines
...and affix to each offense its proper punishment." l 1 'Art. 3. In order that the system of penal laws in force in this State may be complete within itself,...person shall be punished for any act or omission, as a penal offense, unless the same is expressly defined, and the penalty affixed by the written law... | |
| Texas. Court of Appeals - 1886 - 840 pàgines
...since the adoption of said latter code we have had no similar statute in this State. Our law declares that "no person shall be punished for any act or omission unless the same is made a penal offense and a penalty is affixed thereto by the written law of this State." (Penal Code, Art. 3.) At... | |
| 1889 - 398 pàgines
...is to define crime of all kinds, aud to affix the punishment for violations of its provisions; and "it is declared that no person shall be punished for...any act or omission, unless the same is made a penal offense and a penalty is affixed thereto by the written law of this state.1' "In the construction of... | |
| 1894 - 1224 pàgines
...offense so as to make it punishable. Our Penal Code contains the following general provisions: "Art. 3. In order that the system of penal law in force in...any act or omission unless the same is made a penal offense, and a penalty is affixed thereto by the written law of this state." "Art. 6. Whenever It appears,... | |
| William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall - 1905 - 952 pàgines
...than by giving it a common-law name was not enough.30 The present statute is different. It provides that no person shall be punished for any act or omission unless the same "is made a penal offense," and a penalty is affixed by statute.31 Under this provision it is no longer necessary that... | |
| 1903 - 828 pàgines
...another, thereby causing death. In Grace v. St. (1902) 69 SW (Tex.) 529, under a statute declaring that no person shall be punished for any act or omission unless the same " is made a penal offense," it was held, there being no statute specifically denouncing suicide, that " it is not a violation... | |
| New York (State) - 1904 - 1090 pàgines
...(1902), 69 SW 529, it was held by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, under a statutory provision, that no person shall be punished for any act or omission unless the same " is made a penal offense,"' that, in the absence of a statute expressly covering suicide, " it is not a violation of... | |
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