 | Frank Sumner Rice, William Lawrence Clark - 1899 - 786 pages
...refer to Lord CAMDEN'S celebrated remark. " The (private) discretion of a judge," said Lord CAMDEN, " is the law of tyrants; it is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casunl, and depends upon constitution, temper and passion. In the best it is oftentimes caprice; in... | |
 | Roady Kenehan - 1910 - 588 pages
...discretion, touching which Lord Camden, one of England's greatest constitution lawyers, said: "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... | |
 | Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf - 1901 - 1016 pages
...action to be taken on certain facts. See 34 Barb. (NY) 291. The discretion of a judge is said to be 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;... | |
 | Frederick Pollock - 1902 - 512 pages
...has been always felt to be a danger, attending it. ' The discretion of a Judge,' said Lord Camden, ' 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 ;... | |
 | James William Norton-Kyshe - 1904 - 432 pages
...Statute of Scandal).— Vaughan, J., Bushel's Case (1670), Jones's (Sir Thos.) Rep. 15. 4. 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... | |
 | 1904 - 998 pages
...which human nature can be liable." State v. Cummings, 36 Mo. 263, 278. 1t le said: "The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants; it is always unknown; It la different In different men; It Is casual, and depends upon constitution and passion. In the best... | |
 | Frederic René Coudert - 1905 - 488 pages
...conscience. So, too, the well-known language of Lord Camden on judicial discretion : 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 ofttimes caprice; in the... | |
 | Michigan State Bar Association - 1905 - 708 pages
...discretion whose dictates no man "can forsee." In Bacon's time, the discretion of a judge was said "to be the "law of tyrants. It is always unknown; it is different in different "men; it is casual and depends upon constitution, temperament and "passion; in the best it is often caprice, in... | |
 | 1903 - 732 pages
...there has been always felt to be a danger, attending it. "The discretion of a Judge," said Lord Camden, "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... | |
 | 1907 - 402 pages
...hear the conclusion of the whole matter in these vigorous words : "The discretion of the judge is a 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... | |
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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,... 
