 | Several Hands - 1771 - 614 pages
...particular, 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...in different men ; it is cafual, and depends upon condition, temper, and paffion. In the bell it is oftentimes caprice; in the worft it is every vice,... | |
 | 1800 - 554 pages
...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... | |
 | 1794 - 480 pages
...oi terms, by a great judge even of thefe times. The dijcretion of a judge is the law of tyrants i // is always unknown; it is different in different men;...cafual, and depends upon conftitution, temper and paflion; in the bift, it is oftentimes caprice; in the war/}, it is every •vice, folly and pafsionf... | |
 | Francis Wollaston - 1795 - 188 pages
...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... | |
 | 1802 - 556 pages
...to leave a rule inflexible, than permit it to be bent by the difcretion of a judge. The difcretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown: it is différent ¡ц different men : it is cafual, and depends upon conflitution, temper, and paffion. In... | |
 | Trinidad. [Appendix.] - 1807 - 228 pages
...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 different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is often times caprice;... | |
 | Anthony Highmore - 1809 - 648 pages
...the rule 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 different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion ; in the best, it is oftentimes caprice... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1811 - 166 pages
...leave a 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 different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ;... | |
 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge - 1814 - 608 pages
...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... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1821 - 342 pages
...by specious falsehoods, nor fatigued by repeated evasions. CHAP. XXIII. CRIMINAL LAW. 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, passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice: in the... | |
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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,... 
