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Baton's Case (1812), 31 How. St. Tr. 939.
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I will not suffer the Christian religion to be reviled, while I sit in this Court, and possess the power of preventing it.

— Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

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About Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, PC, KC (16 November 1750 – 13 December 1818) was an English judge. After serving as a Member of Parliament and Attorney General, he became Lord Chief Justice.