 | 1842 - 440 pagina’s
...would appeal to vou, sir to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, viz: "a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar discription... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1843 - 696 pagina’s
...would appeal to you, pir, lo say whether the facts "which you eny would alone iusrify this aci, viz: "a necessity of selfdefence, instant, overwhelming,...choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," were notapplicablc to thia rape in as high a ilcgree as they ever were to any caso of a similar desciiplion... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1843 - 576 pagina’s
...would appeal to you, Sir, to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify the act, viz.: " a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1848 - 414 pagina’s
...whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, viz., " a necessity of self-defense, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1849 - 544 pagina’s
...act, and maintaining that, if it was justified on grounds of selfdefence, a necessity must be shown, " instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation." There is a dignity, a power, a clearness, and a precision, in this document, and a dispky of the principles... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 658 pagina’s
...appeal to you, Sir, to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, namely, " a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,'...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 658 pagina’s
...appeal to you, Sir, to say whether the facts which you say would alone justify this act, namely, " a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means and no moment for deliberation," were not applicable to this case in as high a degree as they ever were to any case of a similar description... | |
 | Robert Phillimore - 1857 - 668 pagina’s
...admitted by Lord Ashburton, that to justify a hostile entrance upon neutral territory, there must exist a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. (a) Dumont, Corps Dipl., VI. ip 129, and vi. ii. p. 76. (A) The ships taken at Genoa, 4 Rob., p. 403.... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 732 pagina’s
...admitted by Lord Ashburton, that to justify a hostile entrance upon neutral territory, there must exist a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming,...no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation. (d) 5 Rob. Rep. 385 d. ershoek to this extent ; that if a vessel-refused to submit to visitation and... | |
 | Henry Wager Halleck - 1861 - 960 pagina’s
...imposed by that necessity." He, however, contended that there was " that necessity of self-defense, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation," which preceded the destruction of the Caroline while moored to the shore of the United States, that... | |
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Government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation. 
