 | 1908 - 1066 pages
...regardless of his personal opinion of the guilt of the accused, to undertake his defense and to use all fair and honorable means to present every defense...of life or liberty but by due process of law ;" the right of the client to receive from the lawyer whose advice he asks a candid opinion of the merits... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 990 pages
...denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is hound hy all fair and honorahle means, to present every defense that the law of the land permits, to the end that no person may he deprived of life or liherty, hut hy due process of law. The primary duty of a lawyer engaged in... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is hound hy all fair and honorahle means, to present every defense that the law of the land permits, to tlie end that no person may he deprived of life or liherty, hut hy due process of law. The primary... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1908 - 308 pages
...fair and lawful means to present such defenses as the law of the land permits, to the end that no one may be deprived of life or liberty but by due process of law. 14. An attorney must decline in a civil case to conduct a prosecution when satisfied that the purpose... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1902 - 184 pages
...fair and lawful means to present such defenses as the law of the land permits; to the end tha no one may be deprived of life or liberty, but by due process of law. 14. In any civil cause an attorney must decline to conduct a prosecution, when satisfied that the purpose... | |
 | Canada - 1901 - 1144 pages
...fair and lawful means to present such defences as the law of the land permits, to the end that no one may be deprived of life or liberty but by due process of law." Lord Campbell said of Sir Matthew Hale that "he began with the specious but impracticable rule of never... | |
 | Commercial law - 1913 - 632 pages
...personal opinion as to the guilt of the' accused; otherwise Innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense. Having...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... | |
 | Law - 1911 - 496 pages
...and honorable means to present such defenses as the law of the land permits, to the end that no one may be deprived of life or liberty but by due process of law. 14. An attorney must decline in a civil cause to conduct a prosecution when satisfied that the purpose... | |
 | Admission to the bar - 1902 - 746 pages
...personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper 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... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1902 - 466 pages
...territory; declaring thereby that no person therein should ever be enslaved, except for crime ; or be deprived of life or liberty, but by due process of law and the judgment of his peers ; nor of his property the product of his toil, without just compensation.... | |
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It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense.... 
