Skimpin for the plaintiff,' said the judge, writing down the names in his note-book, and reading as he wrote; 'for the defendant, Serjeant Snubbin and Mr.
Serjeant Buzfuz, with a tremendous emphasis on the word 'box,' smote his table with a mighty sound, and glanced at Dodson and Fogg, who nodded admiration of the Serjeant, and indignant defiance of the defendant.
Pickwick, and talking AT him; 'and when I say systematic villainy, let me tell the defendant Pickwick, if he be in court, as I am informed he is, that it would have been more decent in him, more becoming, in better judgment, and in better taste, if he had stopped away.
Two letters have passed between these parties, letters which are admitted to be in the handwriting of the defendant, and which speak volumes, indeed.
"It is a rule of law that the
defendant shall be given the benefit of the doubt.
He said, "it was common, when two YAHOOS discovered such a stone in a field, and were contending which of them should be the proprietor, a third would take the advantage, and carry it away from them both;" which my master would needs contend to have some kind of resemblance with our suits at law; wherein I thought it for our credit not to undeceive him; since the decision he mentioned was much more equitable than many decrees among us; because the plaintiff and
defendant there lost nothing beside the stone they contended for: whereas our courts of equity would never have dismissed the cause, while either of them had any thing left.
The little plaintiff or
defendant who was promised a new rocking-horse when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be settled has grown up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the other world.
"The
defendant has not been heard, nor has he had an opportunity to call others in his behalf.
A judge was appointed; also clerks, a crier of the court, constables, sheriffs; counsel for the State and for the
defendant; witnesses were subpoenaed, and a jury empaneled after much challenging.
Earlier-served
defendants may choose to join in a later-served
defendant's motion or not, therefore preserving the rule that a notice of removal must have the unanimous consent of the
defendants.'" (44)
The policy debate over plea bargaining has focused in large part on one question: Do plea bargains help
defendants or hurt them?
Two common misconceptions are that the defense carries little, if any, risk for the
defendant and that a successful defense results in
defendants being quickly released from custody and allowed to return to the community.
The prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the
defendants committed the offence sometimes in August 2018 and June 2019 around 12 p.m.
The Court of Cassation upheld on Tuesday the death sentence against 13
defendants and life sentences against 17
defendants accused in the "Ajnad Misr" case.
Eddie Legston brings this personal injury action against
defendants for damages he sustained while working as a civilian instructor providing classroom training for military equipment at Camp Taji, Iraq.
