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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)

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Judges are philologists of the highest order.

Ex parte Davis (1857)

You have no right, for the purpose of justifying a libel, to inquire into a man's life and opinions.

Derby v. Ouseley (1856)

Arguments from the American statute are not of much force, because Englishmen are not bound to know it.

Attorney General v. Sillem and others (1864)

The Crown cannot ever be prejudiced by the misconduct or negligence of any of its officers.

Reg. v. Renton (1848)

Circumstantial evidence only raises a probability.

Reg. v. Rowton (1865)

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