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
| Bar Association of the State of Kansas - Bar associations - 1913 - 550 pages
...failure of the vindication of the law. Others have no doubt had the same experience. 5. Declares it ls the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person charged with crime regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused. l might draw... | |
| American essays - 1927 - 878 pages
...more significant and corroding because he is subjected to no sort of professional discipline or 1 ' It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense.' — Canons of Ethics adopted by the American Bar Association censure on account of it. The first judgment... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1917 - 988 pages
...exert his best efforts in his bebalf. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime. — 1t is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...defense. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer ls bound by all fair and honorable means, to present every defense that the law of the land permits,... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1912 - 1264 pages
...ask to be excused for any trivial reason, and should always exert his best efforts in his bebalf. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime....regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the aecused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper... | |
| Tennessee Bar Association - Bar associations - 1905 - 1206 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....defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his per166 PROCEEDINGS OF THE sonal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons,... | |
| Law - 1912 - 314 pages
...Stetson. The canon of the code is based on the unanswerable ground that were the right not recognized " innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense." In Johnson v. Emerson, (1871) LR 6 Exch. 367, Lord Bramwell said, with characteristic terseness and... | |
| United States. Department of Defense - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry - 1951 - 686 pages
...accused by all honorable and legitimate means known to the law. It is his duty to undertake the defense regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused ; to disclose to the accused any interest he may have in connection with the case, any ground of possible... | |
| New Jersey State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1913 - 196 pages
...is the only proper foundation for cordial personal and official relations between Bench and Bar. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused of Crime....of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defence. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is bound by all fair and honorable means to present... | |
| New Jersey State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1914 - 136 pages
...official relations between Bench and Bar. 5. The Defense or Prosecution of Those Accused'^ jQriwi/e. It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense...of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defence. Having undertaken such defense, the lawyer is bound by all fair and honorable means to) present... | |
| New Jersey State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1916 - 232 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, regardness of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused ; otherwise innocent persons, victims... | |
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