 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.  Essays and Selections - Page 264by Basil Montagu - 1837 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1874 - 752 pages
...of the subject." "From the moment," says Lord Erskine, 6 Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors, 361, " 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 refaces to defend... | |
 | 1874 - 844 pages
...of the subject." "From the moment," say» Lord Erskine, 6 Campbell's Lives of the Chancellors, 361, "that any advocate can be permitted to say that he...the subject, arraigned in the court where he daily sit« to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1875 - 536 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,... | |
 | 1875 - 462 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... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1876 - 622 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,... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1879 - 458 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...end. If the advocate refuses to defend, from what lie may think of the charge, or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1879 - 448 pages
...constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he wilt or will not stand between the crown and the subject...end. If the advocate refuses to defend, from what lie may think of the charge, or of the defence, he assumes the character of the judge ; nay, he assumes... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - 1889 - 1162 pages
...valuable part of the English Constitution, can have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can he permitted to say that he will or will not stand between...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... | |
 | South Carolina Bar Association - 1886 - 742 pages
...forget the declaration of Lord Erskine in his defence of Thomas Paine; " from the moment (he declared) 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." When (he adds) " the advocate refuses... | |
 | University of Michigan - 1886 - 124 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." To say that the British constitution... | |
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