 | Commercial law - 1912 - 260 pages
...an indigent prisoner Ought not to ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense or...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
...sections 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... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1908 - 1138 pages
...an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime. 1t is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - Legal ethics - 1917 - 656 pages
...Dr. 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... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1918 - 880 pages
...an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense or...lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of orime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1920 - 852 pages
...an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should 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, regardless... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Douglas Horton - Conduct of life - 1924 - 300 pages
...guilty. Modern legal ethics has it that "it is the right of a lawyer to undertake the defense of any person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused." Which is the better way? 2. Should a man obey a law he believes to be unjust? 3. Is the popular feeling... | |
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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 supicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense. 
