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If they wilfully err in the rejection of evidence, there was formerly the terror existing of punishment by impeachment of the Commons.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “If they wilfully err in the rejection of evidence, there was formerly the terror existing of punishment by impeachment…”
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Burke reflects on the historical consequences for judges who willfully err in rejecting evidence.
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