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The Court will not keep back their opinion without having sufficient ground for doubting, and a necessity of taking time to satisfy their doubts: on the other hand, they will not give their opinions over-hastily and prematurely, merely to gratify the humours or passions of mankind.

— Richard Aston Rex v. Wilkes (1770)

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It is the Court, not the jury, who are to determine the law.

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