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Barker v. People

Citations

  • 20 Johns. 457

How courts have described this case

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  • affirming punishment of disenfranchisement on conviction of dueling, rejecting challenge on cruel and unusual punishments grounds (con’t.
  • affirming punishment of disenfranchisement on conviction of dueling, rejecting challenge on cruel and unusual punishments grounds (con‘t.
  • “[I]t was altogether discretionary in the legislature to extend [the punishment of disenfranchisement] to other offences.”
  • ―[I]t was altogether discretionary in the legislature to extend [the punishment of disenfranchisement] to other offences.‖
  • “The law has settled what crimes are infamous; they are treason, felony, and every species of the crimen falsi, such as perjury, conspiracy and barratry.”
  • “The law has settled what crimes are infamous; they are treason, felony, and every species of the crimen falsi, such as perjury, conspiracy and barratry.”

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Judges: Spencer

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