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. Naval Justice - Page 268by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - 1945 - 599 pagesFull view - About this book
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...ask to he excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his hest efforts in his hehalt 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime....persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might he denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is hound hy all fair and honorahle... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 990 pages
...ask to he excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his hest efforts in his hehalf. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime....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,... | |
| 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... | |
| Admission to the bar - 1902 - 746 pages
...Cent. Dig. §S 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...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
...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....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... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1908 - 1134 pages
...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....denied proper defense. Having undertaken such defense, (ne lawyer is bound by all fair and honorable means, to present every defense that the law of the land... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
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