...as his family, and his fellow citizens as brothers. Patience of hearing, says the great Lord Bacon, is an essential part of justice ; and an overspeaking judge is no well tuned cymbal. It is no grace to a judge, first to find that, which, in due time, he might have...

...advocate; and the change does not become him well. Lord Chancellor Bacon spoke right when he said that:3 'patience and gravity of hearing is an essential part...and an overspeaking judge is no well-tuned cymbal'. For a comparable criminal case see _R v. Perks4 In Gunning the conviction was quashed where the judge...

...upon the person. Secondly, for the advocates and counsel that plead. Patience and gravity of hearingis an essential part of justice ; and an over-speaking...judge first to find that which he might have heard indue time from the bar; or to show quickness of conceit in cutting off evidence or counsel too short,...

..."meet a cause half way, nor give occasion to the party to say his counsel or proofs were not heard, for it is no grace to a Judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the Bar — " words which might almost tempt' us to forget the melancholy frailities of character and lapses...

...Courts are to enjoy public confidence. Not a few judges have failed to lay to heart Bacon's admonition : "It is no grace to a judge first to find that which he might have heard in due time from the Bar." ' Mr Justieo Wills, who was not free from this defect, no /TV/ €-*«**>e<i»/t doubt appreciated...