Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet: Case

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet was British lawyer and Tory politician. Explore interesting quotes on case.
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“In a perfectly new case—a case altogether primae impressionis—I think the Judges are bound to hold fast to the principles of the common law—to remember the maxim, "Salus reipublicae suprema lex," and if the condition be really in principle against the public good, to pronounce it in their judgment void.”

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

Brownlow v. Egerton (1854), 23 L. J. Rep. Part 5 (N.S.) Ch. 382.

Law , Thinking

“I remember Lord Eldon saying to counsel, " You have told us how far the cases have gone, will you now tell us where they are to stop?" I think it is now time that we should say where the cases are to stop.”

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

Phillips v. Briard (1856), 4 W. R. 487.

Thinking , Time

“You need not cite cases that are familiar.”

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

Reg. v. Baldry (1852), 5 Cox, C. C. 525.

“In criminal cases you always begin by proving the corpus delicti, and then connect the prisoner with it.”

Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

Queen v. Bernard (1858), 8 St. Tr. (N. S.) 922.