Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2



Document 7

New Hampshire Constitution of 1784

Thorpe 4:2469

The privilege and benefit of the habeas corpus, shall be enjoyed in this state, in the most free, easy, cheap, expeditious, and ample manner, and shall not be suspended by the legislature, except upon the most urgent and pressing occasions, and for a time not exceeding three months.


The Founders' Constitution
Volume 3, Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2, Document 7
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_9_2s7.html
The University of Chicago Press

Thorpe, Francis Newton, ed. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America. 7 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909.

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