An Essay on Professional EthicsT. & J. W. Johnson & Company, 1860 - 158 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 34
... prisoner at his trial . Attempting to speak on the bill for granting counsel to prisoners in cases of high treason , he was confounded , and for some time could not proceed , but recovering himself , he said , " What now happened to him ...
... prisoner at his trial . Attempting to speak on the bill for granting counsel to prisoners in cases of high treason , he was confounded , and for some time could not proceed , but recovering himself , he said , " What now happened to him ...
الصفحة 35
... prisoner . ‡ * 2 Wynne's Eunomus , 557 . " Although Serjeants have a monopoly of practice in the Common Pleas , they have a right to practice , and do practice , at this bar ; and if we were to assign one of them as counsel , and he ...
... prisoner . ‡ * 2 Wynne's Eunomus , 557 . " Although Serjeants have a monopoly of practice in the Common Pleas , they have a right to practice , and do practice , at this bar ; and if we were to assign one of them as counsel , and he ...
الصفحة 47
... prisoner , and to impress the jury with his own personal belief in the innocence of his client . How far these accusations were just in point of fact was the subject of lively discussion in the newspapers and periodicals of the time ...
... prisoner , and to impress the jury with his own personal belief in the innocence of his client . How far these accusations were just in point of fact was the subject of lively discussion in the newspapers and periodicals of the time ...
الصفحة 49
... prisoner to retract it and plead to the indictment . 4 Blackst . Comm . 329. 2 Hale , P. C. 225 . tribunal that convicts without sufficient evi- dence may decide according 5 49 demurred to the conclusion, that an advocate ...
... prisoner to retract it and plead to the indictment . 4 Blackst . Comm . 329. 2 Hale , P. C. 225 . tribunal that convicts without sufficient evi- dence may decide according 5 49 demurred to the conclusion, that an advocate ...
الصفحة 50
... prisoner in every case entitled to have the evidence carefully sifted , the weak points of the prosecution exposed , the reasona- ble doubts presented which should weigh in his favor ? And what offence to truth or mo- rality does his ...
... prisoner in every case entitled to have the evidence carefully sifted , the weak points of the prosecution exposed , the reasona- ble doubts presented which should weigh in his favor ? And what offence to truth or mo- rality does his ...
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الصفحة 20 - Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
الصفحة xxxiii - It would declare that an act, which, according to the principles and theory of our government, is entirely void; is yet, in practice, completely obligatory. It would declare, that if the legislature shall do what is expressly forbidden, such act, notwithstanding the express prohibition, is in reality effectual. It would be giving to the legislature a practical and real omnipotence, with the same breath which professes to restrict their powers within narrow limits. It is prescribing limits, and declaring...
الصفحة 36 - 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 practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
الصفحة 24 - entire devotion to the interest of the client, warm zeal in the maintenance and defense of his rights and the exertion of his utmost learning and ability...
الصفحة 30 - ... them, to himself, is his first and only duty ; and in performing this duty he must not regard the alarm, the torments, the destruction which he may bring upon others.
الصفحة 123 - Long in his highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans
الصفحة 1 - There is, perhaps, no profession after that of the sacred ministry, in which a high-toned morality is more imperatively necessary than that of the law.
الصفحة xxxii - So, if a law be in opposition to the Constitution; if both the law and the Constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the Constitution, or conformably to the Constitution, disregarding the law, the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty. If, then, the courts are to regard the Constitution, and the Constitution is superior to any ordinary act...
الصفحة xxxvi - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
الصفحة 133 - Up to this morning I believed most firmly in his innocence; and so did many others as well as myself. 'I have sent for you, gentlemen,' said he, 'to tell you I committed the murder!" When I could speak, which was not immediately, I said : 'Of course, then, you are going to plead guilty?' 'No, sir,' was the reply; 'I expect you to defend me to the utmost.