Pennsylvania Bar Association. Meeting. Report of the ... Annual Meeting ..., Volume 32

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Page 189 - 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.
Page 188 - WHEN COUNSEL FOR AN INDIGENT PRISONER A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf.
Page 437 - States and maintain representative government; to advance the science of jurisprudence : to promote the administration of justice...
Page 296 - The eighteenth amendment required millions of men and women abruptly to give up habits and customs of life which they thought not immoral or wrong, but which, on the contrary, they believed to be necessary to their reasonable comfort and happiness, and thereby, as we all now see, respect, not only for that law but for all law, has been put to an unprecedented and demoralizing strain in our country, the end of which it is difficult to see.
Page 51 - No, there is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn, even from the charms of the living. Oh, the grave! the grave ! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
Page 177 - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to be heard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to meet the witnesses face to face...
Page 300 - On the contrary, a reasonable interpretation of that instrument necessarily leads to the conclusion that the powers so granted are never exclusive of similar powers existing in the States; unless when the constitution has expressly, in terms, given an exclusive power to congress, or the exercise of a like power is prohibited to the States, or where there is a direct repugnancy or incompatibility in the exercise of it by the States.
Page 196 - Congress on the ground of repugnancy to the Constitution of the United States, at least seven members of the court shall concur before pronouncing said law unconstitutional.
Page 443 - ... meet his accusers and witnesses face to face. The adverse action of this committee must be approved by a vote of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting. It shall also be the duty of this committee to institute and carry forward all measures necessary for the maintenance of a high standard of...
Page 153 - Such treaties, laws and other provisions or summaries thereof shall be published and distributed to the various governments and be made available to the agencies mentioned in the list of legal aid associations and to other interested institutions. 3. To invite each government to nominate an authority or other duly qualified person who will answer inquiries from authorities or other duly qualified persons in other countries...

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