 | Great Britain - 1832 - 496 pages
...in his defence of Thomas Paine, " that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...have no existence. 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 sils to practise, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Fore-edged painting - 1837 - 400 pages
...in his defence of Thomas Paine, " that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned...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... | |
 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...law.—Ib. 234. 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—if the advocate refuses to defend,... | |
 | 1840 - 582 pages
...eloquent and brave. " 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...think of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the cJutracter of the judge, nay, he assumes it before the hour of judgment ; and, in proportion to his... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1841 - 548 pages
...have no existence. From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say, that he wiU or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned...If the advocate refuses to defend, from what he may tiiink of the charge or of the defence, he assumes the character of the Judge ; nay, he assumes it... | |
 | Edward O'Brien (barrister-at-law.) - 1842 - 330 pages
...in his defence of Thomas Paine) that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned...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... | |
 | Law - 1843 - 526 pages
...in his defence of Thomas Paine, " that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned...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... | |
 | Law - 1844 - 530 pages
...From the moment," said Erskine, " that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the crown and the subject arraigned...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... | |
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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. 
