"Such a prostitution of judicial power can never……" — Joseph Howe
"Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the wide circle of the empire would submit to such an infraction of their privilege, even if a judge could be found daring enough to attempt it."
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Joseph Howe
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8 Quotes by Joseph Howe
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Poetry was the maiden I loved, but politics was the harridan I married.
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