 | Mississippi State Bar Association - 1907 - 24 pages
...evil designs, and often leads to scandal in the adminstration of justice. 56. An attorney assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any light cause, and should always be a -friend to the defenseless and oppressed. ... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1908 - 1138 pages
...official relations between Bench and Bar. 4. When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...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... | |
 | Albert H. Putney - Law - 1908 - 386 pages
...relations between Bench and Bar. SECTION 4. WHEN COUNSEL FOR AN INDIGENT PRISONER. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. SECTION 5. THE DEFENSE OR PROSECUTION OF THOSE ACCUSED OF CRIME. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake... | |
 | American Bar Association. Committee to Draft Canons of Professional Ethics - 1908 - 140 pages
...CANON 64 of Appendix B. BALDWIN: Would alter as follows : "Defending Poor Men. An attorney assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask to be excused for any light cause." BIDDLE: "Approved." BOSTON: "Let it stand. Add: 'But Canon 14 is to be construed in connection... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - Legal ethics - 1909 - 102 pages
...official relations between Bench and Bar. 4. When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. Defending One Whom Advocate Believes to be Guilty. A lawyer may undertake with propriety the defense... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - Bar associations - 1909 - 344 pages
...Attorney and Client, Cent. Dig. § 60. 4. WHEN COUNSEL FOR AN INDIGENT PRISONER. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. ANNOT. Assignments as counsel by court, and skill and care required of attorney, see Attorney and Client,... | |
 | Illinois State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1909 - 510 pages
...PROFESSION TO SOCIETY AND THE STATE. 1. (4) When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...reason, and should always exert his best efforts in the prisoner's behalf. ANNOT. Assignment as counsel by the court, and skill and care required of attorney,... | |
 | Gleason Leonard Archer - Legal ethics - 1910 - 380 pages
...relations between bench and bar.1 4. When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. — A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense of Prosecution of those Accused of Crime. — It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense... | |
 | Gleason Leonard Archer - Legal ethics - 1910 - 382 pages
...relations between bench and bar.1 4. When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. — A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...exert his best efforts in his behalf. 5. The Defense of Prosecution of those Accused of Crime. — It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1912 - 1290 pages
...relations between Bench and Bar. 4. When Counsel for an Indigent Prisoner. — A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...should always exert his best efforts in his behalf. 6. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime. — It is the right of the lawyer to undertake... | |
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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. 
