 From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the Court where he daily sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.  The Paisley magazine Vol 1 - Page 334Full view - About this book
 | 1844 - 530 pages
...difficulty to which Mr. O'Brien has not even attempted a reply : " From the moment," said Erskine, " that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment; and, in proportion... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 544 pages
...not stand between the crown and a subject, arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an...what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment; and, in proportion... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 pages
...not permit truth to be misrepresented by any partial examination. VI. Lord Erskine. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and a subject, arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from (hat moment the liberties of... | |
 | 1845 - 554 pages
...justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he...what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment; and in proportion... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1845 - 558 pages
...constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he uriB or will not stand between the crown and the subject...what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion... | |
 | 1845 - 52 pages
...difficulties repelled. For," said he, " from the moment that 'any advocate can be permitted to say that he will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice — from that moment the liberties of England are at an end." Such were the sentiments and... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 742 pages
...justice, the most valuable part of the English Constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and, in proportion... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1849 - 528 pages
...justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he...what he may think of the charge, or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and, in proportion... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1849 - 538 pages
...justice, the most valuable part pf the English constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he...what he may think of the charge, or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment; and, in proportion... | |
 | 1851 - 560 pages
...constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he wiU or will not stand between the crown and the subject...what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment; and in proportion... | |
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