 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1841 - 548 sider
...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...If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may tiiink of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 sider
...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 - 52 sider
...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 - 1851 - 528 sider
...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...sits to practise, from that moment the liberties of Eugland are at an end. If the advocate refuses to defend from what he may think of the charge or of... | |
 | Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy - 1852 - 502 sider
...a rule never to be cannot be brought before the world too often; he said, " From the moment that an advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will...think of the charge, or of the defence, he assumes the charaeter of judge; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank... | |
 | 1855 - 778 sider
...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 that moment the liberties... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 410 sider
...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...If the advocate refuses to defend from what he may ttirik of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it... | |
 | Homersham Cox - 1863 - 860 sider
...the practice of the courts, than by counsel familiar with both. "From the moment," says Erskine(a), "that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses from what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay,... | |
 | 1870 - 404 sider
...his defence of Thomas Paine against the charge of publishing a seditious libel (this was in 1792), "from what he may think of the charge, or of the defence, he assumes the character of judge, nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment." * Mollot, " Regie de la Profession," p. 141.... | |
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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. 
