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 crime, folly and... A History of Tobago - Page 180de Henry Iles Woodcock - 1867 - 195 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| R.C. Lepage - 1866 - 518 pages
...statute law of India, that the Judges should be trained. ' The discretion of a Judge/ says Lord Camden, ' 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... | |
| Henry Humphreys - 1867 - 448 pages
...the hands of any Jndge, the following picture is drawn by Lord Camden : " The discretion of a Jndge is the law of tyrants.; it is always unknown; it is...constitution, temper, passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable."... | |
| 1867 - 414 pages
...Constitution. " The discretion of a judge is the law of a tyrant; it is always unknown ; it differs in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice and folly to which human nature is liable." Nor... | |
| 1867 - 378 pages
...Constitution. "The discretion of a judge is the law of a tyrant ; it is always unknown ; it differs in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice and folly to which human nature is liable ." Nor... | |
| Joseph Brown Heiskell - 1870 - 882 pages
...confidence. 2 Eq. Jur., 959. The discretion of a Judge, it is true, is said to be the law of a tyrant — it is always unknown; it is different in different...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, taste and passion. Bouv. LD, 428. And in reference to the discretion as to granting injunctions, it... | |
| 1870 - 1000 pages
...had defined what wns discretion — 'The discretion of .1 judge is, or mny be, the law of tyrants; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon the temper ami constitution and passion.' It was, therefore, wise to avail themselves of the learning,... | |
| Thomas Erskine May - 1877 - 626 pages
...little, indeed, for the amendment of the law.a 1 Lord Camden said: — "The discretion of the jud^e is the law of tyrants. It is always unknown; it is...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it ia oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion... | |
| Cornelius Walford - 1873 - 694 pages
...of law. -Lord Camden said, in the case of Hindson v. Kersey, "Discretion is the law of tyrants, and is always unknown; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends on constitution, temper, and passion : in the best it is ultentimes caprice ; in the worst, every vice,... | |
| 1920 - 496 pages
...prompted by that view of its exercise expressed by the Supreme Court of Alabama when that Court said, "The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants....different men. It is casual and depends upon constitution and passion. In the best it is at times capricious. In the worst it is every vice, folly and madness... | |
| Nathaniel Cleveland Moak - 1878 - 936 pages
...Sutherland remarked : " Lord Camden said, in a dissenting opinion unsurpassed for judicial eloquence, that ' the discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants :...is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion.' " 40 Barh. UU7. In a note to Thompson's case (8 Howell's State Trials, 50), Mr. Evans's... | |
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