| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 990 pages
...of Crime. — It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of orime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt...persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might he denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is hound hy all fair and honorahle... | |
| Clark Bell - Law - 1911 - 264 pages
...undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of t accused ; otherwise innocent persons, victims only...suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense. "Efforts, direct or indirect, in any way to encroach upon the business of another lawyer, are unworthy... | |
| Commercial law - 1913 - 632 pages
...always exert his best efforts in his behalt. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime. It Is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...lawyer is bound by all fair and honorable means, to preseijt every defense that the law of the land permits, to the end that no person may be deprived... | |
| Admission to the bar - 1902 - 746 pages
...1500-1505 ; Dec. Dig. § 641. CODE OF ETHICS. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Tliosi- Accused of Crime. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is hound by all fair and honorable means, to present every defense that the law of the land permits, to... | |
| Commercial law - 1912 - 260 pages
...always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardlss of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims... | |
| Medicine - 1908 - 510 pages
...devoted to it read extremely well, but they leave the puzzle much where it was before. We read : "It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...the accused ; otherwise innocent persons, victims of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, he is... | |
| George Purcell Costigan - Legal ethics - 1917 - 656 pages
...Johnson wrote when at the age of 56 he had thoughts of studying law (A. D. 1765, retat. 56): 5. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused. * * * 30. JUSTIFIABLE AND UNJUSTIFIABLE LITIGATIONS. The lawyer must decline to conduct a civil cause... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 1196 pages
...Canon of Ethics, which is quoted by my Brother PAGE. After asserting the right of a lawyer to assume the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to his guilt, the canon proceeds : "Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer Is bound by all fair and... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 846 pages
...but protect the interests thus committed to him to the best of his ability; (5) It is a right of a lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his private opinions as to the guilt of the party; the primary duty of a public prosecutor is not to convict... | |
| Burnett, Howard D. - Bar examinations - 1922 - 438 pages
...behalf of an accused person whom he believes to be guilty? Give reasons for answer. Answer 596. Yes. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guiit of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be... | |
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