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Quotes from Bushel's Case — John Vaughan

1603–1674 England

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Without a known fact, it is impossible to know the law on that fact.

Bushel's Case (1670)

For dishonest judgment Judges may be punished. Mirror of Justices reports that 44 were hanged for this cause.

Bushel's Case (1670)

The stamp of authority given by the King ought to silence any inquiry into the discretion of a Judge; the King alone is the proper Judge of the ability of his ministers, and the Chief Justices are within the Statute of Scandal.

Bushel's Case (1670)

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