 | James Edward Gambier - 1808 - 276 pagina’s
...says, that " presumptive evi" dence of felony should be admitted cauti. " ously; for, the law holds, that it is better " that ten guilty persons should escape, than " that one innocent should suffer." This rule of law manifestly supposes, that presumptive evidence is attended with great... | |
 | James Edward Gambier - 1808 - 238 pagina’s
...says, that " presumptive evi" dence of felony should be admitted cauti. " ously ; for, the law holds, that it is better " that ten guilty persons should escape, than " that one innocent should suffer." This rule of law manifestly supposes, that presumptive evidence is attended with great... | |
 | 1818 - 764 pagina’s
...than themselves. The principle so generally uiforced by wise jurists, and adopted by civilized states, that " it is better that ten guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent man should unjustly suffer," strongly recognises the danger of those errors to which criminal courts are liable,... | |
 | 1829 - 686 pagina’s
...punishing the bad than in rewarding the good. It may be said to reverse the maxim of our modern tribunals, that it is better that ten guilty persons should escape than that one innocent should suffer. The maxim, on the contrary, of that stern justice which inspires the genius of Tragedy... | |
 | 1834 - 600 pagina’s
...England, in America, and in countries where justice, in her humanity, adopts as one of her maxims, " Better that ten guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent man should sufTer." True, we sometimes hear of the " glorious uncertainty" of the law. But certainty is the characteristic... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1835 - 420 pagina’s
...whom it is embodied in law. In our criminal jurisprudence there is a maxim, deservedly eulogised , that it is better that ten guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent man should suffer ; so, also, might it be maintained, with regard to the Poor Laws, that it is better for the... | |
 | Edward Thornton - 1835 - 422 pagina’s
...passed into axioms, that " every man should be presumed to be innocent until he is proved guilty," and that " it is better that ten guilty persons should escape than that one innocent man should suffer," should be steadily kept in view. In civil cases, although the the disqualifications of witnesses... | |
 | Samuel James Allen - 1835 - 438 pagina’s
...2." Suffer not the impulses 1 ' In our criminal jurisprudence there is a maxim deservedly eulogized, that it is better that ten guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent man should suffer ; so also might it be maintained with regard to the Poor Laws, that it is better for the interests... | |
 | James Grant - 1837 - 666 pagina’s
...that is an evil which is scarcely worthy of the name, compared with that of convicting the innocent. " Better that ten guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent man suffer !" So said the excellent Sir Matthew Hale, and so say justice and humanity. He is not a fit... | |
 | James Grant - 1838 - 222 pagina’s
...that is an evil which is scarcely worthy of the name, compared with that of convicting the innocent. " Better that ten guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent man suffer !" So said the excellent Sir Mathew Hale, and so say justice and humanity. He is not a fit subject... | |
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In our criminal jurisprudence there is a maxim, deservedly eulogised, that it is better that ten guilty persons should escape, than that one innocent man should suffer... 
