...v. trial. The prisoner has not been convicted or acquitted, and may again be put upon his defence. We think, that in all cases of this nature, the law has invested Courts of justice with the alithority to discharge a jury from giving any verdict, whenever, in their opinion, taking all the...

...discretionary authority of discharging the jury from giving any verdict, whenever in their opinion, taking all circumstances into consideration, there is a manifest necessity for the act, or that the ends of public justice would otherwise bo defeated ; and were therefore of opinion that the...

...the case of The United States v. Perez, 9 Wheat. 580, as comprehending all the law on the subject. " We think that in all cases of this nature, the law...necessity for the act, or the ends of public justice wetild otherwise be defeated ; they are to exercise a sound discretion on the subject, and it is impossible...

...the case of the United States v. Perez, 9 Wheat., 580, as comprehending all the law on the subject. " We think that in all cases of this nature, the law...into consideration, there is a manifest necessity for file act, or the ends of public justice would otherwise be defeated ; they are to exercise a sound...

...cited by the defendant's counsel, is very plain ; yet, speaking even of capital cases, the Court say, " We think that, in all cases of this nature, the law has invested courts of justice with authority to discharge a jury from giving any verdict, whenever, in their opinion, taking all the circumstances...

...language of Story, J., in Perez's case, that the court may discharge a jury whenever in their opinion " there is a manifest necessity for the act, or the ends of public justice would otherwise bo defeated," must be taken with the necessary allowance. the powers of the court are then at an end,...

...25. Courts of justice have the authority to discharge the jury from giving any verdict, whenever, if in their opinion, taking all the circumstances into...ends of public justice would otherwise be defeated ; and such a discharge constitutes no bar to further proceedings, and gives no right of exemption to...

...manifest injustice to the public or the defendant." And in The United States v. Perez, it was held that " the law has invested courts of justice with the authority to discharge a jury from giving a verdict, whenever, in their opinion, taking all the circumstances into consideration, there is a...

...The prisoner has not been convicted or acquitted, and may be again put upon his defence. We think, in all cases of this nature, the law has invested...consideration, there is a manifest necessity for the act, as the jnds of public justice would otherwise be defeated." And in The People vs. Goodwin, 18 Johns....

...discharge, and that the discharge of the jury constituted no legal bar to a future trial, said : " We think that in all cases of this nature, the law has invested courts of justice with authority to discharge a jury from giving any verdict, whenever in their opinion, taking all the circumstances...