 | Several Hands - 1771 - 614 lehte
...with great force againft the difcretionary power of Judges. ' The difcretion," fays he, ' of a judge is the law of tyrants; it is al•ways unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is cafual, and depends upon condition, temper, and paffion. In the bell it is oftentimes caprice; in the... | |
 | 1800 - 554 lehte
...difcretion a great J lawyer has thus emphatically defcribed, viz. " The difcretion of a Judge is the la«r of Tyrants ; it is always unknown ; it is different in different men , it is calual, and depends upon conltitution, temper, and affection : in the belt, it is oftentimes caprice... | |
 | Francis Wollaston - 1795 - 188 lehte
...1763 ; and the latter was made a judge in 1770. a.grea a great man hath said, " THE LAW OF TYRANTS j " IT IS ALWAYS UNKNOWN ; IT IS DIFFERENT " IN DIFFERENT MEN ; IT IS CASUAL, AND DE" PENDS UPON CONSTITUTION, TEMPER, AND " PASSION. IN THE BEST, IT IS OFTENTIMES " CAPRICE J IN THE... | |
 | John Almon - 1797 - 436 lehte
...often repeated, and held up as a mirror to all future judges. '• i ' " The difcretion of a judge is the law of tyrants; it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is cafual, and depends upon coriftitutioh) temper, and pafsion. In the beft, it is often times caprice... | |
 | Trinidad. [Appendix.] - 1807 - 228 lehte
...notorious; and ought not to be left to " the discretion of a Judge;" which, Lord Chancellor Camden says, " is the law of tyrants; it is always unknown, it is...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is often times caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion,... | |
 | Anthony Highmore - 1809 - 648 lehte
...inflexible, than permit it to be bent by the discretion of the judcje. The discretion of the judge is the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown ; it...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion ; in the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is'every vice, folly, and passion... | |
 | Anthony Highmore - 1809 - 632 lehte
...unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion.; in the best, it is oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion (o which human nature is liable ! As lo the point, how far this interest is releasable ; It is neither... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1811 - 166 lehte
...rule inflexible, than to, permit it to he bent by the discretion of a judge. The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly and passion,... | |
 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge - 1814 - 608 lehte
...their province jus dicere, not jus dare. " The discretion of a judge is, as a great man hath said, the law of tyrants ; it is always unknown ; it is...different in different men ; it is casual, and depends uflon constitution, temper and fiassion. In the best, it is oftentimes cafirice ; in the worst it is... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1822 - 692 lehte
...himself, when they were not quite so corrupt as at present, as follows: " The discretion of a Judge is the law of tyrants, it is always unknown; it is...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, r.nd passion; in the best caprice, in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human... | |
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The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every vice, folly,... 
