Cadwalader's Cases: Being Decisions of the Hon. John Cadwalader, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Between the Years 1858 and 1879, Volumen1

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R. Welsh, 1907
 

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Página 435 - The Congress of the United Colonies, in July, 1775, appointed a Postmaster-General, under whose direction a line of posts was to be established with cross-posts. The articles of confederation of 1778 gave to Congress the sole and exclusive right and power of establishing and regulating post offices from one state to another throughout
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Página 256 - capital offence aforesaid, shall be done or committed; nor shall any person be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offence, not capital, nor for any fine or forfeiture under any penal statute, unless the indictment, or information for the same, shall be found, or instituted, within two years from the time of committing the offence, or incurring the