“It is necessary to the administration of justice that every person who is accused of a crime should have an opportunity of being heard in his defence against the charge of which he is accused.”

— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

The King v. Justices of Surrey (1794), 6 T. R. 78.

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British Baron 1732–1802

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