“I know but of one Being to whom error may not be imputed.”
Rex v. Lambert and Perry (1810), 2 Camp. 402.
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Famous Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Quotes
Isherwood v. Oldknow (1815), 3M. &S. (K. B. Rep.) 396, 397.
Nicholls v. Dowding and another (1815), 1 Stark. 81.
“No man should be allowed to have an interest against his duty.”
Thompson v. Havelock (1808), 1 Camp. 528.
“What may be good circumstances in one man, cannot be deemed so in another.”
Rex v. Locker (1803), 5 Esp. 106.
“There have been errors in the administration of the most enlightened men.”
Rex v. Lambert and Perry (1810), 2 Camp. 405.
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Quotes about laws
Beckwith v. Wood and another (1817), 2 Starkie, 266.
“The law of England is a law of liberty”
R. v. Cobbett (1804), 29 How. St. Tr. 49.
Context: The law of England is a law of liberty, and, consistently with this liberty, we have not what is called an imprimatur (let it be printed); there is no such preliminary licence necessary. But if a man publish a paper, he is exposed to the penal consequences, as he is in every other act, if it be illegal.
“The law merchant respects the religion of different people.”
Lindo v. Unsworth (1811), 2 Camp. 603.
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Quotes
“The greater the truth the greater the libel.”
Attributed to Lord Ellenborough (c. 1789). Burns credits it to Lord Mansfield.
Attributed
“I am willing to put the case into any shape you choose.”
Richmond v. Heapy and another (1816), 1 Starkie, 204.
“I am as jealous of the rights of juries as of those of the Court.”
Rex v. Hucks (1816), 1 Starkie, 522.
Baton's Case (1812), 31 How. St. Tr. 939.
