 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Law - 1876 - 622 pages
...the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all...presents itself in the discussion of any subject, is to state distinctly, and with precision, what the question is, and, where prejudice and misrepresentation... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1897 - 536 pages
...the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all...presumptions, and which commands the very judge to be his counsel."1 Erskine spoke chiefly of political cases, but his doctrine is the one generally accepted... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Forensic orations - 1880 - 552 pages
...heavy influence of, perhaps, a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all...presents itself in the discussion of any subject, is to state distinctly, and with precision, what the question is, and, where prejudice and misrepresentation... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 1086 pages
...judgment; and in proportion to his rank and reputation puts the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken. opinion into the scale against the accused in whose...which commands the very Judge to be his counsel." The subject was much discussed because Sir Edward Carson and the present Lord Chancellor, then FE Smith,... | |
 | James Paterson - Law - 1882 - 546 pages
...judgment ; and, in proportion to his rank and reputation, puts the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose...and which commands the very judge to be his counsel. In his speech Erskine proceeds to the defence, and lays down, with admirable discrimination, the limits... | |
 | University of Michigan - 1886 - 124 pages
...the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all...which commands the very judge to be his counsel." Is was in accordance with this belief that Erskine undertook the defense of Paine, notwithstanding... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1897 - 554 pages
...the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all...which commands the very judge to be his counsel." 1 Erskine spoke chiefly of political cases, but his doctrine is the one generally accepted in England... | |
 | Law - 1903 - 456 pages
...the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion in the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all...which commands the very judge to be his counsel." In examining a witness. General Harrison had that rare faculty to know when to quit. He seldom caught... | |
 | Canada. Parliament. Senate - Canada - 1893 - 634 pages
...trial, and in proportion to his rank and reputation throws his opinion — which may lie a mistaken opinion — into the scale against the accused, in whose favour the benevolent principles of the English law have made all exceptions. The words of that great advocate in the main... | |
 | James Lambert High, Edwin Burritt Smith - Law - 1901 - 300 pages
...the heavy influence of perhaps a mistaken opinion into the scale against the accused, in whose favor the benevolent principle of English law makes all...which commands the very judge to be his counsel!" Few men have been more deeply impressed with the truths of religion, which, from boyhood to his later... | |
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If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may think of the charge or of the 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 heavy influence... 
