| 1793 - 524 pages
...ills to praftilè, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. It' the advocate refufes to defend, from what he may think of the charge, or of the defence, he afTumes the character of the judge ; nay, he aflumes it before the hour of judgment ; and, in proportion... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 484 pages
...no existence. For 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...defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 492 pages
...no existence. For 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...advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think oj the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes it before... | |
| Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...have no existence. 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...defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 470 pages
...have no existence. 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...defence, he assumes the character of the Judge; nay, he as* sumes it before the hour of judgment; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the... | |
| James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 470 pages
...EXISTENCE.—From the moment that any advo* cate can be permitted to say, that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned...from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.—If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think of the charge or of the defence, he... | |
| Great Britain - 1825 - 498 pages
...have no existence. 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...defence, he assumes the character of the judge; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the... | |
| Great Britain - 1825 - 494 pages
...have no existence. 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...defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...have no existence. 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...defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment; and, in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the... | |
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