accused quotes

A rule that may serve for a statesman, a courtier, or a loverönever make a defence or an apology before you be accused.

-Charles I
  Letter to Lord Wentworth, 3 Sep.

Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, will be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.

-Denman,Thomas, 1st Baron
  Judgement in O'Connell v The Queen, 4 Sep.

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