Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon: Trending quotes

“A Court of equity knows its own province.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Mayor, &c. of Southampton v. Graves (1800), 8 T. R. 592.

“Apprentices and servants are characters perfectly distinct: the one receives instruction, the other a stipulated price for his labour.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

The King v. Inhabitants of St. Paul's, Bedford (1797), 6 T. R. 454.

“Concessions made for the purpose of settling the business for which the action is brought, cannot be given in evidence; but facts admitted I have always received.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Turner v. Railton (1796), 2 Esp. 475.

Business

“The learned counsel has very properly avoided all political discussions unconnected with the subject, and I shall follow his example. Courts of justice have nothing to do with them.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Trial of John Vint and others (1799), 27 How. St. Tr. 640.

Justice , Learning

“What a man does in his closet ought not to affect the rights of third persons.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Outram v. Morewood (1793), 5 T. R. 123.

Personality

“The character of the Judges is public property, and if they have done anything amiss, they ought to be censured. But if not, their characters ought to be respected; otherwise the most mischievous consequences will arise to the public.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Holt's Case (1793), 22 How. St. Tr. 1234.

“We must not, by any whimsical conceits supposed to be adapted to the altering fashions of the times, overturn the established law of the land: it descended to us as a sacred charge, and it is our duty to preserve it.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Clayton v. Adams (1796), 6 T. R. 605.

Law , Fashion , Time

“Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Wright v. Barnard (1797), 2 Esp. 701.

Law

“Two universities have been founded in this country, amply endowed and furnished with professors in the different sciences; and I should be sorry that those who have been educated at either of them should undervalue the benefits of such an education.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

King v. The College of Physicians (1797), 7 T. R. 288.

Education , Universe , Science , Country

“With regard to the construction of statutes according to the intention of the legislature, we must remember that there is an essential difference between the expounding of modern and ancient Acts of Parliament. In early times the legislature used (and I believe it was a wise course to take) to pass laws in general and in few terms; they were left to the Courts of law to be construed so as to reach all the cases within the mischief to be remedied. But in modern times great care has been taken to mention the particular cases in the contemplation of the legislature, and therefore the Courts are not permitted to take the same liberty in construing them as they did in expounding the ancient statutes.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Bradley and another v. Clark (1793), 5 T. R. 201.

Law , Time

“Some modern cases have in my opinion gone too far.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Walford v. Duchess de Pienne (1797), 2 Esp. 555.

“It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Case of John Lambert and others (1793), 22 How. St. Tr. 1018.

Evil , Heart

“The discussion which was made by Luther, Melancthon, and the other persons who preceded the Reformation, opened the eyes or the public; and they got rid of the delusions which had been spread by the Pope of Rome, and emancipated mankind from the spiritual tyranny they were under, and brought about the establishment of that religion which we now enjoy in this country.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Reeves' Case (1796), 26 How. St. Tr. 591.

Religion , Personality , Country

“It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should be decorous.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

The King v. Sainsbury (1791), 4 T. R. 456.

“The family consists of those who live under the same roof with the pater familias; those who form (if I may use the expression) his fire-side.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

R. v. Inhabitants of Darlington (1792), 4 T. R. 800.

Family

“There are many situations in life, and particularly in the commercial world, where a man cannot by any diligence inform himself of the degree of credit which ought to be given to the persons with whom he deals; in which cases he must apply to those whose sources of intelligence enable them to give that information. The law of prudence leads him to apply to them, and the law of morality ought to induce them to give the information required.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Pasley v. Freeman (1789), 3 T. R. 51.

Life , World , Law , Intelligence

“It is impossible for the Court to foresee when a sentence begins how it will end, and, sometimes, mischief is done before we are sure that the sentence will conclude in an offensive manner.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Williams' Case (1797), 26 How. St. Tr. 709.

“The liberty of the press is dear to England; the licentiousness of the press is odious to England: the liberty of it can never be so well protected as by beating down the licentiousness.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Cuthell's Case (1799), 27 How. St. Tr. 674.

“The legislature have anxiously provided for those most useful and deserving body of men, the seamen and marines of this country.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

Turtle v. Hartwell (1795), 6 T. R. 429.

Men , Country

“That corporations are the creatures of the Crown must be universally admitted.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

King v. Ginever (1796), 6 T. R. 735.

Universe