Criminal justice Quotes

“In a criminal case I can presume nothing.”

“He who flees judgment confesses his guilt.”

“He that hath an ill name is half hang'd ye know.”

“It is abominable to convict a man behind his back.”

“Shall we indict one man for making a fool of another?”

“The criminal law ought to be reasonable and intelligible.”

“Would to God you were innocent, that is the worst wish I wish you.”

“We cannot hear the client and counsel too, it is against all rules.”

“If his sorrow was honest and sincere it may go very far in mitigation.”

“We must follow the old authorities and precedents in criminal matters.”

“Running away from justice, must always be considered an evidence of guilt.”

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.”

“Justice and common sense seem to have been sacrificed on the shrine of mercy.”

“This Court will always know to temper mercy with justice where there is room for it.”

“Every man ought to have the fullest opportunity of establishing his innocence if he can.”

“It is certain that natural justice requires that no man shall be condemned without notice.”

“The law is plain, that you are positively to answer, guilty, or not guilty, which you please.”

“Justice requires that a party should be duly summoned and fully heard before he is condemned.”

“I do not approve of indicting, where there is another remedy: it carries the appearance of oppression.”

“Minatur innocentibus, qui pareit nocentibus: He threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.”