...and gravity of hearing is an essential part of justice; and an over-speaking Judge in no well-tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a Judge first to find that which he might have heard iu due time from the Bar, or to show quickness of conceit iu cutting off evidence...

...hearing, says the great Lord Bacon, is an essential part of justice ; and an overspeaking judge is no well tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge, first...ones. In hearing a cause, the parts of a judge are four—to direct the evidence—to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech—to recapitulate,...

...Courts are to enjoy public confidence. Not a few judges have failed to lay to heart Bacon's admonition : "It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the Bar." ' Mr Justieo Wills, who was not free from this defect,...

..."meet a cause half way, nor give occasion to the party to say his counsel or proofs were not heard, for it is no grace to a Judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the Bar — " words which might almost tempt' us to forget the...