Excerpt from Speeches of Lord Erskine, When at the Bar, on Miscellaneous Subjects It was said at the time, that the very learned Counsel for the Crown were not entirely satisfied with the view taken of the case by the Court but of the truth of which we have no means of informa tion), Be that, however, as it may - it is one if the noblest features in the practice of our criminal law, that, although Counsel are by no means bound to acquiesce. In an opinion by the Judges, adverse to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.