 ... opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge. Consider, sir, what is the purpose of courts of justice? It is, that every man may have his cause fairly tried, by men appointed...  The Port Folio - Page 4971824Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - Hebrides - 1785 - 546 pages
...every man may have his caufe fairly tried, by men appointed to try caufes. A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie : he is not to produce what he knows to be a falfedeed; but he is not to ufurp the province of the jury and of the judge, and determine what mail... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides - 1785 - 548 pages
...he knows to be a lie s he is not to produce what he knows to be a falfe deed ; but he is not toufurp the province of the jury and of the judge, and determine what mall be the effect of evidence— what mafl be the refult of legal argument. As it rarely happens that... | |
 | Europe - 1785 - 522 pages
...caule fairly tried, bv men appointed to try cailles. A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to he.a lie: he is not to produce what he k"nows to be a falfe deed ; but he is not to ufurp the province of the jury and of the iuHge, and determine what (hall... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1786 - 552 pages
...every man may have his cause fairly tried, by men appointed to try causes. A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie : he is not to produce what...evidence, — what shall be the result of legal argument. As it rarely happens that a man is fit to plead his own cause, lawyers are a class of the community,... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides - 1786 - 478 pages
...genealogy, who would not be glad to feiz' a fair opportunity to let it be known} A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie: he is not to produce what he knows to be a falfe deed ; but he is not to ufurp the province of the jury and of the judge, and determine what fhall... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1807 - 496 pages
...every man may have his cause fairly tried, by men appointed to try causes. A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie : he is not to produce what...effect of evidence, — what shall be the result of a full account in Bayle's Dictionary. The family had once a princely right in Surinam. The governour... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1810 - 438 pages
...known ? men appointed to try causes. A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie : he is not produce what he knows to be a false deed ; but he...— what shall be the • result of legal argument. As it rarely happens that a man is fit to plead his own cause, lawyers are a class of the community,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1810 - 548 pages
...causes. A Lawyer .is not to tell what he knows to be a lie. Mo is not to produce ivhat he knows to be u false deed; but he is not to usurp the province of the jury and of judge, and determine what shall be the effect of the evidence ; — what shall be the result of legal... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 484 pages
...every man may have his cause fairly tried, by men appointed to try causes. A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie : he is not to produce what...effect of evidence, — what shall be the result of a full account in Bayle's Dictionary. The family had once a princely right in Surinam. Tlie governour... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1813 - 492 pages
...every man may have bis cause fairly tried, by men appointed to try causes. A lawyer is not to tell what he knows to be a lie : he is not to produce what...effect of evidence, — what shall be the result of a full account in Bayle's Dictionary. The family had once a princely right in Surinam. The governour... | |
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