 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
 | Canadian Bar Association - 1920 - 396 pages
...integrity from the profession." Erskine took the same view. In his speech in defence of Tom Paine he said: "If the advocate refuses to defend from what he may think of the charge or the defence he assumes the character of the Judge: nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment;... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - 1925 - 446 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 will or icill not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice,... | |
 | 1902 - 548 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...subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses to defend... | |
 | Vermont Bar Association - 1895 - 462 pages
...justice—the most valuable part of the English Constitution—can have no existence. From the moment an advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will...subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses to defend,... | |
 | Virginia State Bar Association - 1897 - 404 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... | |
 | 1901 - 1102 pages
...would necessarily be associated with the cause of his client. " '•From the moment." said Erskine, '-that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...in the court where he daily sits to practise, from thai, moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses to defend from what he... | |
 | Geoff Monahan - 2001 - 152 pages
...to justify his unpopular defence of the US and French revolutionary Tom Paine: ... from the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...that moment the liberties of England are at an end. The practical reality of the cab rank rule is debatable. In the case of Arthur JS Hall and Co (A Firm)... | |
 | Annabel M. Patterson, Professor Annabel Patterson - 2002 - 308 pages
...very principle of a free trial and the presumption of innocence until proved guilty. "From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end" (Speeches, 1:474-75). Erskine chose... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2005 - 918 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...Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he sits daily to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses... | |
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