I once before took leave to remind your Lordships — which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind — that an advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows, in the discharge of that office, but one person... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3081845Full view - About this book
| Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott - 1911 - 632 pages
...effective order. In discharging this duty the advocate may, in strictest honor, agree with Brougham, that "An advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his...the discharge of that office, but one person in the world—that client, and none other." To this extent we may concur with that great advocate, although... | |
| Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth - 1917 - 970 pages
...matter of the litigation. Lord Brougham in the defense of Queen Caroline is reported to have said, "An advocate by the sacred duty which he owes his client knows in the discharge of that duty but one person in the world, the client, and none other. To save that client by all expedient... | |
| Thomas Sharper Knowlson - 1917 - 334 pages
...illustrated by quoting a portion of Lord Brougham's speech at the trial of Queen Caroline. He said : " An advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his client, knows in the discharge of that offer but one person in the world — that client — and none other. To save the client by all expedient... | |
| Canadian Bar Association - 1920 - 396 pages
...was that expressed by Brougham in his speech in defence of Queen Caroline. "An advocate," he said, "by the sacred duty which he owes his client knows...and none other. To save that client by all expedient means—to protect that client at all hazards and costs to others and among others to himself— is... | |
| Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1926 - 328 pages
...advocate, to go to any lengths to secure a verdict. " An advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes to his client, knows, in the discharge of that office,...person in the world, that client and none other," he told the House of Lords. " To save that client by all expedient means — to protect that client... | |
| Lewis Saul Benjamin - 1926 - 334 pages
...advocate, to go to any lengths to secure a verdict. " An advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes to his client, knows, in the discharge of that office,...person in the world, that client and none other," he told the House of Lords. " To save that client by all expedient means—to protect that client at... | |
| 1927 - 824 pages
...your Lordships — which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind — that an advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his...to protect that client at all hazards and costs to others, and among others to himself — is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties; and he... | |
| 1886 - 642 pages
...Queen Caroline's case he said: "An advocate [No. 20. — by the sacred duty of bis connection with his client, knows in the discharge of that office...in the world — that client — and none other. To serve that client by all expedient means ; to protect that client at all hazards and costs to all others... | |
| University of Kentucky. Bureau of School Service - 1928 - 832 pages
...sovereign, the King, George IV, made use of these great words: "An advocate by the sacred duty that he owes his client, knows in the discharge of that...person in the world, that client and none other." Under the particular circumstances which surrounded the utterance of these words, where the conflict... | |
| 1926 - 254 pages
...your Lordships — which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful ta remind — that an. advocate, by the sacred duty which he owes his...to protect that client at all hazards and costs to others, and among others to himself — is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties; and he... | |
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