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The character of the Judges is public property, and if they have done…
Quote byLloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon · 1732–1802
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Holt's Case (1793), 22 How. St. Tr. 1234..
English (original)
The character of the Judges is public property, and if they have done anything amiss, they ought to be censured. But if not, their characters ought to be respected; otherwise the most mischievous consequences will arise to the public.
— Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
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