 | Monthly literary register - 1811 - 766 pages
...the king's bench,)!! l<i is very reign, observed, in his Fleas of the Crown, p. 313, that it would be a most unhappy case for the judge himself, ." if...the prisoner's fate depended upon his directions, nnd unlwpjiy also for the prisoner; as, if the judges opinion must rule the verdict, the trial by jury... | |
 | Samuel Harrison Smith, Thomas Lloyd - Impeachments - 1805 - 514 pages
...be to the judge, if " he at his peril must take upon him the guilt or inno" cence of the prisoner, unhappy also for the prisoner ; " for if the judge's...the verdict, the '' trial by jury would be useless." I think I tread on ground which can neither be removed or shaken, when I assert the unqualified right... | |
 | Samuel Harrison Smith, Thomas Lloyd - Impeachments - 1805 - 544 pages
...be to the judge, if " he at his peril must take upon him the guilt or inno*' cence of the prisoner, unhappy also for the prisoner ; " for if the judge's opinion must rule the verdicl, the ** trial by jury would be useless." I think I tread on ground which can neither be removed... | |
 | William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...the judge himself, if the defendant's or pri^ soner's fate depended upon his directions. Unfl happy also for the prisoner ; for, if the judge's opinion must rule, the trial by jury would be useless." After a trial of near eleven hours, succeeded by a consultation of... | |
 | 1811 - 538 pages
...of the king's bench, in this very reign, observed, in his Pleas of the Crown, p. 313, that it would be a most unhappy case for the judge himself, " if the prisoner's late depended upon his directions, and unhapfiy also for the prisoner; as, it the judge's opinion must... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 412 pages
...accounts, the most advantageous plea for the Defendant : "It would be a most unhappy case fofr the f ' Judge himself, if the prisoner's fate depended upon...security of the Jury from all consequences in giving it, render the contrast between criminal and civil cases striking and complete. No new trial can be granted,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - Forensic orations - 1810 - 420 pages
...the Crown, page 258, is, upon all accounts, the most advantageous plea for the Defendant : " It would be a most unhappy case for the " Judge himself, if...useless." My Lord, the conclusive operation of the verdict T 4 when given, and the security of the Jury from all consequences in giving it} render the contrast... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1811 - 456 pages
...of the king's bench, in this very reign, observed, in his Pleas of the Crown, p. 313, that it would be a most unhappy case for the judge himself, if the prisoner's fate depended upon his directions, and unhappy also for the prisoner; as, if the judge's opinion must rule the verdict, the trial by jury... | |
 | Art - 1811 - 718 pages
...the king's bench, in this very reign, observed, in his Pleas of the Crown, p. 313, that it would Le a most unhappy case for the judge himself, " if the prisoner's fate depended upon his directions, and unhappy also for the prisoner; as, if the judge's opinion must rulo the verdict, the trial by jury... | |
 | 1812 - 470 pages
...of the king's bench, in this very reign, observed, in his Pleas of the Crown, p. 313, that it would be a most unhappy case for the judge himself, if the prisoner's fate depended upon his directions, and unhappy also for the prisoner; as, if the judge's opinion must rule the verdict, the trial by jury... | |
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It would be a most unhappy case for the Judge himself, if the prisoner's fate depended upon his directions : — unhappy also for the prisoner ; for if the Judge's opinion must rule the verdict, the trial by jury would be useless. 
