 | West Publishing Company - Admission to the bar - 1913 - 250 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. Assignment as counsel by the court, and skill and care required of attorney, see Attorney and... | |
 | Alabama State Bar Association. Meeting - Bar associations - 1913 - 208 pages
...evil designs, and often leads to scandal in the administration 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. AN ACT To amend Sections... | |
 | George Purcell Costigan - Legal ethics - 1917 - 656 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. Assignment as counsel by tie court, and skill and care required of attorney, see Attorney and... | |
 | 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
...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...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
...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...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
...II, Sec. 1. " ; ;. (fa) A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to be asked to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf Canons of Professional Ethics. Art. II, Sec. 4. '. ',,...: ,..- ;C; .' J . ,',:J ,> ..-.' . . , A '... | |
 | Indiana State Bar Association (1916- ) - Bar associations - 1908 - 268 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... | |
 | Carl Frederick Taeusch - Business ethics - 1926 - 392 pages
...this is sufficiently bad to warrant another principle of social relationship. c. A lawyer assigned as counsel for an indigent prisoner ought not to ask...reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his behalf.12 Legal procedure has been as follows: where the litigant is an accused prisoner and clearly... | |
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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. 
