 | Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1897 - 404 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...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 - 1901 - 1102 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 in the court where he daily sits to practise, from thai, moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses to defend from what he... | |
 | Geoff Monahan - Law - 2001 - 152 pages
...revolutionary Tom Paine: ... 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...that moment the liberties of England are at an end. The practical reality of the cab rank rule is debatable. In the case of Arthur JS Hall and Co (A Firm)... | |
 | Annabel M. Patterson, Professor Annabel Patterson - History - 2002 - 308 pages
...proved guilty. "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" (Speeches, 1:474-75). Erskine chose... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Law - 2005 - 918 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 sits daily to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses... | |
 | Lord Macmillan - 1938 - 300 pages
...defence of Tom Paine: "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...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... | |
 | Genealogy - 2007 - 180 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...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... | |
 | Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1907 - 252 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 sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end. If the advocate refuses to defend,... | |
 | Charles Ellewyn George - Banking law - 1921 - 380 pages
...undertaking the defense of a criminal, said: "From the moment that any advocate says that be will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he dally sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end." The right of 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. 
