If it were a doubtful point how the statute should be construed, I…

The best way in which a jury can execute their duty is to give their verdict according to the evidence before them.

Those who make the attack ought to be very well prepared to support it.

The Crown used to call a Parliament annually, but there was not an annual election. These words, annuo parliamento, relate to the time of their meeting, and not their election.

I am bound by my oath to abide by the law, and I cannot suffer anybody to derogate from it.

Whatever doubts I had, I submit to the authority of the other Judges.

In this case the plaintiff does not come into Court with clean hands; he alleges his own turpitude, and is indictable for his fraud.