 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1810 - 412 str.
...knows That bis innuendos Will serve him no longer In verse or in prose ; For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges of fact, though not judges of laws. . »' . . i ' It was the admission of the whole of that party : they put it right ; they put it upon... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1813 - 634 str.
...knows That his itmvtndoa Will serve him no longer In verse or in prose ; For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges of fact, though...power, except when talking to the Jury themselves. « ' There are no notes as I know of (and I think the Bar would have found them out upon this occasion,... | |
 | James Ridgway - 1813 - 416 str.
...knows, That his innuendos Will serve him no longer In verse or in prose; For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges of fact, though not judges of laws. • " " * f It was the admission of the whole of that party: they put it right; they put it AJpon the... | |
 | 1827 - 530 str.
...knows, Thut his innuendoes, Will serve him no longer, In verse or in prose ; For twelve honest men have decided the cause., Who are Judges of fact, though not Judges of laws." * Sir Philip Yorke, then Attorney-general, afterwards lord Hardwicke, vOL, vIII.— WR 2 0 446 Rights... | |
 | George Worthington - 1840 - 72 str.
...another, and much r #j-, -, better ground ; they put it upon the meaning of the innuen- L -• does: upon that the jury acquitted the defendant; and they...power, except when talking to the jury themselves. " There are no notes, as I know of, (and I think the bar would have found them out upon this occasion,... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 742 str.
...knows That his innuendoes Will serve him no longer In verse or in prose ; For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges of fact, though not judges of laws." Whereas the true rendering of the last line is — Erskine then moved in arrest of judgment, saying,... | |
 | 1894 - 664 str.
...knows That his innuendoes Will serve him no longer In vene er in prose, For twelve honest men bave decided the cause, Who are judges of fact, though not judges of laws. The editor of the ' State Trials,' however, adds, in a foot-note to p. 1038 of that volume, that the... | |
 | 1894 - 664 str.
...knows That his innuendoes Will serve him no longer In verse cr in prose, For twelve honeit men have decided the cause, Who are judges of fact, though not judges of laws. The editor of the ' State Trials,' however, adds, na foot-note to p. 1038 of that volume, that the... | |
 | 1851 - 554 str.
...knows, That his innuendos Will serve him no longer, In verse or in prose ; For twelve honest men have decided the cause. Who are judges of fact, though...power, except when talking to the jury themselves." In Howell'9 State Triais fxvi. 1038.) is a note on this passage. This note (stated to be from the Speeches... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1851 - 528 str.
...libel?" was a question only for the Court, by saying in his ballad — " For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges of fact, though not judges of laws." —2 St. Tr. 1037. J Lord Chesterfield thus speaks of him as a law officer of the Crown: " Though he... | |
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... not an idea of assuming that the Jury had a right to determine upon a question of law, but they put it upon another and much better ground. The stanza I allude to is this : — For Sir Philip* well knows That his innuendos Will serve him no longer... 
