“The difficulty which I feel as a Judge, and always felt at the Bar, is this: a defendant is entitled to put his back against the wall and to fight from every available point of advantage.”

— Arthur Kekewich

Blank v. Footman & Co. (1888), 57 L. J. (N. S.) C. D. 914.

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British judge 1832–1907

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