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John Eardley Wilmot on Justice

1709–1792 England

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We cannot explore any mode of sentencing a man to imprisonment, who is imprisoned already, but by tacking one imprisonment to the other.

Case of John Wilkes (1763)

You shall not stipulate for iniquity. All writers upon our law agree in this, no polluted hand shall touch the pure fountains of justice.

Collins v. Blantern (1767)

I cannot help thinking that where a person appeals to the Law of England, he must take his remedy according to the Law of England to which he has appealed.

Robinson v. Bland (1760)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Eardley Wilmot (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.