Jaehne v. New York

Citations

• 128 U.S. 189
• 9 S. Ct. 70
• 32 L. Ed. 398
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2210
• 6 N.Y. Crim. 237

Syllabus

<p>A general law for the punishment of offences which endeavors by retroactive operation to reach acts before committed, and also provides a like punishment for the same acts in future, is void so far as it is retrospective, and valid as to future cases within the legislative control.</p>