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Every irregularity is not erroneous.

— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon Jackson v. Hunter (1794)

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A conviction is in the nature of a verdict and judgment, and therefore it must be precise and certain.

King v. Harris (1797)

A plaintiff who comes into a Court of justice must show that he is in a condition to maintain his action.

Morton v. Lamb (1797)

I take it that the judgment is an essential point in every conviction, let the punishment be fixed or not.

King v. Harris (1797)

Justice requires that a party should be duly summoned and fully heard before he is condemned.

King v. Stone (1800)

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

Case of John Lambert and others (1793)

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